фант

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish fant, from German Pfand (“pledge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fant]

Noun

фант • (fant) m inan (genitive фа́нта, nominative plural фа́нты, genitive plural фа́нтов)

1. (dated, plural only) fant (game in which players perform comic tasks, assigned by lot to the owner of an object, the "fant")
2. (dated) object whose owner is required to perform a comic task and which must be given back, in the game of fant
3. (dated) task performed in this way

Declension

Declension of фант (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	фа́нт fánt	фа́нты fánty
genitive	фа́нта fánta	фа́нтов fántov
dative	фа́нту fántu	фа́нтам fántam
accusative	фа́нт fánt	фа́нты fánty
instrumental	фа́нтом fántom	фа́нтами fántami
prepositional	фа́нте fánte	фа́нтах fántax

Derived terms

• фа́нтик (fántik)