тюфяк

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʲʉˈfʲak]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Tatar tüšäk (“mattress”); dialectally тюша́к (tjušák). Modern form probably influenced by тюфя́к (tjufják, “early type of firearm”) (see below).

Noun

тюфя́к • (tjufják) m inan or m anim (genitive тюфяка́, nominative plural тюфяки́, genitive plural тюфяко́в)

1. (inanimate) mattress; a sack filled with something soft (e.g. hay) to be used as a mattress
2. (figurative, colloquial, derogatory, animate) wimp, weakling, wuss, coward
3. (engineering) mattress (retaining wall of brushwood, concrete, etc. to protect the river bed and banks of bridges and dams from erosion)
4. (dialectal, Siberia, animate) sandpiper

Declension

Declension of тюфя́к (bian masc-form velar-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	тюфя́к tjufják	тюфяки́ tjufjakí
genitive	тюфяка́ tjufjaká	тюфяко́в tjufjakóv
dative	тюфяку́ tjufjakú	тюфяка́м tjufjakám
accusative animate inanimate	тюфяка́ tjufjaká	тюфяко́в tjufjakóv
	тюфя́к tjufják	тюфяки́ tjufjakí
instrumental	тюфяко́м tjufjakóm	тюфяка́ми tjufjakámi
prepositional	тюфяке́ tjufjaké	тюфяка́х tjufjakáx

Synonyms

• (mattress): матра́ц (matrác), матра́с (matrás)

Derived terms

• тюфячо́к (tjufjačók)
• тюфя́чный (tjufjáčnyj)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old East Slavic тюфякъ (tjufjakŭ), from Old Turkic tüfäk (“tube, gun, crossbow”)

Noun

тюфя́к • (tjufják) m inan (genitive тюфяка́, nominative plural тюфяки́, genitive plural тюфяко́в)

1. (dated) early type of firearm

Declension

Declension of тюфя́к (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	тюфя́к tjufják	тюфяки́ tjufjakí
genitive	тюфяка́ tjufjaká	тюфяко́в tjufjakóv
dative	тюфяку́ tjufjakú	тюфяка́м tjufjakám
accusative	тюфя́к tjufják	тюфяки́ tjufjakí
instrumental	тюфяко́м tjufjakóm	тюфяка́ми tjufjakámi
prepositional	тюфяке́ tjufjaké	тюфяка́х tjufjakáx