цыган
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- цыга́нъ (cygán) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
- цы́ган (cýgan) — sometimes used in songs
Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Byzantine Greek ἀθίγγανος (athínganos, “untouchable”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]цыга́н • (cygán) m anim (genitive цыга́на, nominative plural цыга́не, genitive plural цыга́н, feminine цыга́нка, relational adjective цыга́нский)
Usage notes
[edit]- Usually not considered offensive, the alternative forms: ром (rom), рома́ (romá), ро́ма (róma) are not common or widely accepted, even among Russian-speaking Romani people.
Declension
[edit]Declension of цыга́н (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a irreg)
Derived terms
[edit]- инфоцыга́н m anim (infocygán)
- инфоцыга́нство n (infocygánstvo)
- цыга́нство n (cygánstvo)
- Diminutive forms
- цыганёнок m anim (cyganjónok)
- цыга́нчик m (cygánčik)
- цыга́ночка f anim or f inan (cygánočka)
Related terms
[edit]- цыга́нка (cygánka), цыганёнок (cyganjónok), цыгано́лог (cyganólog), цыганоло́гия (cyganológija), цыга́нистость (cygánistostʹ), цыганова́тость (cyganovátostʹ), цыга́нщина (cygánščina), цыганьё (cyganʹjó)
- цыга́нский (cygánskij), цыга́нистый (cygánistyj), цыганова́тый (cyganovátyj)
- выцыга́нивать (vycygánivatʹ), вы́цыганить (výcyganitʹ), цыга́нить (cygánitʹ), цыга́нствовать (cygánstvovatʹ)
- по-цыга́нски (po-cygánski)
Descendants
[edit]- → Armenian: ցիգան (cʻigan)
- → Azerbaijani: sıqan
- → Bashkir: сиған (siğan)
- → Udmurt: чиган (ćigan)
- → Yakut: сыгаан (sıgaan)
Further reading
[edit]- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “цыган”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
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