пиндос

Russian

Alternative forms

• пендо́с (pendós)

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek πίνδος (píndos). The modern sense (“a Yank”) originated in the late 1990s as military slang among Russian peacekeepers in Bosnia and Kosovo.

In modern Greek slang, the original word now refers to someone who is unsophisticated.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʲɪnˈdos]

Noun

пиндо́с • (pindós) m anim (genitive пиндо́са, nominative plural пиндо́сы, genitive plural пиндо́сов, feminine пиндо́ска, relational adjective пиндо́сский)

1. (ethnic slur, derogatory) an American, a Yank
2. (ethnic slur, regional, obsolete) a Pontic Greek

Declension

Declension of пиндо́с (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	пиндо́с pindós	пиндо́сы pindósy
genitive	пиндо́са pindósa	пиндо́сов pindósov
dative	пиндо́су pindósu	пиндо́сам pindósam
accusative	пиндо́са pindósa	пиндо́сов pindósov
instrumental	пиндо́сом pindósom	пиндо́сами pindósami
prepositional	пиндо́се pindóse	пиндо́сах pindósax

Synonyms

• америко́с (amerikós)
• а́мер (ámer)
• я́нки (jánki, “Yankee”)

Derived terms

• пиндо́ска (pindóska, noun)
• Пиндо́сия (Pindósija), Пиндоста́н (Pindostán), СШП (SŠP, “USA (pejorative)”, noun)

See also

• америка́нец (amerikánec)