шмон
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Etymology[edit]
From Hebrew שְׁמוֹנֶה (shmone, “eight”), referring to 8:00 a.m. when the cells were searched each morning in the Odessa prison prior to the communist revolution.
Gračov does not give an etymology.[1] Krysin claims a Yiddish origin, without quoting the Yiddish form.[2] Elistratov compares with dialectal шмон (šmon, “idler, loafer”), шмо́ны (šmóny, “idleness”), on the possible German–Yiddish origin of which see Vasmer.[3][4]
Has also been connected with slang ашмала́ш (ašmaláš, “feeling up during a search”), which is of Turkic origin.[5]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
шмон • (šmon) m inan (genitive шмо́на, nominative plural шмо́ны, genitive plural шмо́нов)
- (criminal slang, prison slang) frisk, shakedown, raid, body search, search (a sudden, unexpected checkup or raid, as a police check); frisker (person doing the frisking)
- (colloquial, slang) a sharp, unpleasant smell
Declension[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- шмо́нчик (šmónčik)
- шмо́нщик (šmónščik)
- шмо́нный (šmónnyj), шмона́льный (šmonálʹnyj)
- шмона́ть (šmonátʹ), ашмона́ть (ašmonátʹ), ошмона́ть (ošmonátʹ)
- шмона́ловка (šmonálovka)
- шмона́льная (šmonálʹnaja)
- шмона́льщик (šmonálʹščik), шмона́льщица (šmonálʹščica)
- шмона́рь (šmonárʹ)
References[edit]
- ^ Gračóv, M. A. (2003) “шмон²”, in Slovarʹ tysjačeletnevo russkovo argo [Dictionary of Thousand Years of Russian Argot] (in Russian), Moscow: Ripol Classic, page 1063b
- ^ Krysin, L. M. (2006) “шмон”, in Tolkovyj slovarʹ inojazyčnyx slov [Explanatory Dictionary of Foreign Words] (in Russian), Moscow: Eksmo, page 888b
- ^ Jelistratov, V. S. (2000) “шмон”, in Slovarʹ russkovo argo (materialy 1980–1990 gg.) [Dictionary of Russian Argot (materials from 1980–1990)][1] (in Russian), Moscow: Russkije slovari, page 558a
- ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “шмон”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- ^ Anikin, A. E. (2007) “ашмалаш”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 1 (A – аяюшка), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 355
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