щенок
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Russian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- щено́къ (ščenók) — pre-1918 spelling
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old East Slavic щенѧ (ščenę) + -ок (-ok), from Proto-Slavic *ščenę.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]щено́к • (ščenók) m anim (genitive щенка́, nominative plural щенки́ or щеня́та, genitive plural щенко́в or щеня́т, relational adjective щеня́чий, diminutive щено́чек)
- puppy
- 1930, Владимир Набоков [Vladimir Nabokov], chapter 2, in Защита Лужина, Berlin: Слово; English translation from Michael Scammell in collaboration with the author, transl., The Luzhin Defense, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1964:
- Там обо́и бы́ли бе́лые, а повы́ше шла голуба́я полоса́, по кото́рой нарисо́ваны бы́ли се́рые гу́си и ры́жие щенки́.
- Tam obói býli bélyje, a povýše šla golubája polosá, po kotóroj narisóvany býli séryje gúsi i rýžije ščenkí.
- The wallpaper there was white, and higher up was a blue band on which were drawn gray geese and ginger puppies.
- (wild animals) cub, whelp
- (derogatory) snot; son of a bitch
Declension
[edit]Declension of щено́к (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-b/d reduc irreg)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | щено́к ščenók |
щенки́, щеня́та△ ščenkí, ščenjáta△ |
| genitive | щенка́ ščenká |
щенко́в, щеня́т△ ščenkóv, ščenját△ |
| dative | щенку́ ščenkú |
щенка́м, щеня́там△ ščenkám, ščenjátam△ |
| accusative | щенка́ ščenká |
щенко́в, щеня́т△ ščenkóv, ščenját△ |
| instrumental | щенко́м ščenkóm |
щенка́ми, щеня́тами△ ščenkámi, ščenjátami△ |
| prepositional | щенке́ ščenké |
щенка́х, щеня́тах△ ščenkáx, ščenjátax△ |
△ Irregular.
Derived terms
[edit]- па́щенок m anim (páščenok)
Compounds:
- From щеня́чий (ščenjáčij):
- щеня́чий восто́рг m (ščenjáčij vostórg)
- Proverbs
- ма́ленькая соба́чка — до ста́рости щено́к (málenʹkaja sobáčka — do stárosti ščenók)
Related terms
[edit]- щени́ться impf (ščenítʹsja), ощени́ться pf (oščenítʹsja)
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “щеня”, 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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