шантрапа
Russian
Alternative forms
- шантропа́ (šantropá)
Etymology
The origin is uncertain. Originally a dialectal word.
Perhaps connected with Old Czech šantrok, šаntrосha (“cheater”), from Middle High German santrocke (“fraud”).[1][2]
Alternatively, from French chantera pas (“will not sing”), said about serfs' children which were not chosen for the landowner's choir.[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʂəntrɐˈpa]
Noun
шантрапа́ • (šantrapá) m anim or f anim (genitive шантрапы́, nominative plural шантрапы́, genitive plural шантра́п)
- worthless person, rascal, scoundrel
Declension
Declension of шантрапа́ (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-b)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | шантрапа́ šantrapá | шантрапы́ šantrapý |
| genitive | шантрапы́ šantrapý | шантра́п šantráp |
| dative | шантрапе́ šantrapé | шантрапа́м šantrapám |
| accusative | шантрапу́ šantrapú | шантра́п šantráp |
| instrumental | шантрапо́й, шантрапо́ю šantrapój, šantrapóju | шантрапа́ми šantrapámi |
| prepositional | шантрапе́ šantrapé | шантрапа́х šantrapáx |
Related terms
- (probably) сантрапа́л (santrapál)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “шантрапа”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Matzenauer, Antonín (1870), “šantrok”, in Cizí slova ve slovanských řečech [Foreign words in Slavic languages] (in Czech), Brno: Matica Moravská, page 318
- Jepiškin, N. I. (2010), “шантрапа”, in Istoričeskij slovarʹ gallicizmov russkovo jazyka [Historical Dictionary of Russian Gallicisms] (in Russian), Moscow: ETS