прописка

Russian

Etymology

From пропи́сывать (propísyvatʹ, “write into”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [prɐˈpʲiskə]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

пропи́ска • (propíska) f inan (genitive пропи́ски, nominative plural пропи́ски, genitive plural пропи́сок)

1. propiska, residence permit, (mandatory) registration (USSR)
2. the stamp in the Soviet internal passport (serving as a personal ID) with the registered address.
3. (by extension), place where one lives (as stated in the stamp)

Declension

Declension of пропи́ска (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	пропи́ска propíska	пропи́ски propíski
genitive	пропи́ски propíski	пропи́сок propísok
dative	пропи́ске propíske	пропи́скам propískam
accusative	пропи́ску propísku	пропи́ски propíski
instrumental	пропи́ской, пропи́скою propískoj, propískoju	пропи́сками propískami
prepositional	пропи́ске propíske	пропи́сках propískax

Related terms

• прописа́ть (propisátʹ), пропи́сывать (propísyvatʹ)