отговорка
Russian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]отговори́ть (otgovorítʹ) + -ка (-ka)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]отгово́рка • (otgovórka) f inan (genitive отгово́рки, nominative plural отгово́рки, genitive plural отгово́рок)
- excuse, pretext
- пуста́я отгово́рка ― pustája otgovórka ― lame excuse
- Звучи́т как очередна́я отгово́рка. ― Zvučít kak očerednája otgovórka. ― Sounds like just another excuse.
- 1866, Фёдор Достоевский [Fyodor Dostoevsky], “Часть III, Глава II”, in Преступление и наказание; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Crime and Punishment, 1914:
- И что за оправда́ние, что он был пьян? Глу́пая отгово́рка, ещё бо́лее его́ унижа́ющая!
- I što za opravdánije, što on byl pʹjan? Glúpaja otgovórka, ješčó bóleje jevó unižájuščaja!
- And what justification was it that he was drunk? Such a stupid excuse was even more degrading!
Declension
[edit]Declension of отгово́рка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | отгово́рка otgovórka |
отгово́рки otgovórki |
| genitive | отгово́рки otgovórki |
отгово́рок otgovórok |
| dative | отгово́рке otgovórke |
отгово́ркам otgovórkam |
| accusative | отгово́рку otgovórku |
отгово́рки otgovórki |
| instrumental | отгово́ркой, отгово́ркою otgovórkoj, otgovórkoju |
отгово́рками otgovórkami |
| prepositional | отгово́рке otgovórke |
отгово́рках otgovórkax |
Related terms
[edit]- отгово́ры m (otgovóry)
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