шахтёр
Russian
Etymology
ша́хта (šáxta, “mine, pit”) + -ёр (-jór)
Pronunciation
Noun
шахтёр • (šaxtjór) m anim (genitive шахтёра, nominative plural шахтёры, genitive plural шахтёров, relational adjective шахтёрский)
- miner, pitman (a person who works in a mine)
- Synonyms: горнорабочий (gornorabočij), горня́к (gornják)
- (politics, Ukraine, dialect, slang) someone from the Donbass region.
Usage notes
Since the 2014 pro-Russian unrest, the miner has become a symbol of the Russian separatists in the Donbass region. One motto used in the Donetsk People's Republic is "шахтёры возродят мощь Донбасса" ("miners will revive Donbass's power").
Declension
Declension of шахтёр (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
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