муравей
Russian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *morvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *morwiH-.
Pronunciation
Noun
мураве́й • (muravéj) m anim or m inan (genitive муравья́, nominative plural муравьи́, genitive plural муравьёв)
- ant
- (colloquial, humorous, animate or inanimate) a special motor scooter with three wheels and a rear cargo area made in the USSR between 1959 and 1995 in Tula, officially capitalised - Муравей, some models were given different names: Турист, Тулица, the first model's name was Ту́ла (Túla).
- 1996, Moskva:
- Дак всё ж перело́мано. Он же на «муравье́» с грузовико́м столкну́лся.
- Dak vsjo ž perelómano. On že na «muravʹjé» s gruzovikóm stolknúlsja.
- Why, everything is shattered. You see, his "ant" has collided with a truck.
- 2005, William Gibson, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- А мо́жет, э́то бы́ли сотру́дники «Си́него муравья́»?
- A móžet, éto býli sotrúdniki «Sínevo muravʹjá»?
- Or maybe they were officers from the "Blue ant"?
Usage notes
- As the name of the motor scooter, the term is often written in lower case as a friendly, jocular term. It's also often used as an animate noun like an "ant" (insect) (insects are animate nouns in Russian when they are used in the direct sense).
Declension
Declension of мураве́й (bian masc-form vowel-stem accent-b reduc)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | мураве́й muravéj |
муравьи́ muravʹí |
genitive | муравья́ muravʹjá |
муравьёв muravʹjóv |
dative | муравью́ muravʹjú |
муравья́м muravʹjám |
accusative animate inanimate |
муравья́ muravʹjá |
муравьёв muravʹjóv |
мураве́й muravéj |
муравьи́ muravʹí | |
instrumental | муравьём muravʹjóm |
муравья́ми muravʹjámi |
prepositional | муравье́ muravʹjé |
муравья́х muravʹjáx |
Related terms
- мура́шка (muráška)
- мураве́йник (muravéjnik)
- муравьи́ный (muravʹínyj)
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