деньга
Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
де́ньга • (dénʹga) f inan (genitive де́ньги, nominative plural де́ньги, genitive plural деньг)
- (numismatics, historical) denga (an old Russian coin)
Declension
Declension of де́ньга (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a)
Descendants
- → English: denga
Usage notes
- This word, with the stress on the first syllable, is the origin of the modern word де́ньги (dénʹgi, “money”), which is now only used in plural. деньга́ (denʹgá) with the stress on the 2nd syllable is used colloquially in modern Russian and often considered slang or non-standard.
Pronunciation
Noun
деньга́ • (denʹgá) f inan (genitive деньги́, nominative plural *деньги́, genitive plural *деньг)
- (low colloquial) money, dough
- (low colloquial) coin, note
Declension
Declension of деньга́ (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-b)
See also
- де́ньги (dénʹgi)
Categories:
- Russian 2-syllable words
- Russian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Russian lemmas
- Russian nouns
- Russian feminine nouns
- Russian inanimate nouns
- ru:Currency
- Russian terms with historical senses
- ru:Coins
- Russian velar-stem feminine-form nouns
- Russian velar-stem feminine-form accent-a nouns
- Russian nouns with accent pattern a
- Russian colloquialisms
- Russian velar-stem feminine-form accent-b nouns
- Russian nouns with accent pattern b