вобла
Russian
Etymology
Per Vasmer, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *obьlъ.
The politics sense derives from a 2022 court case in which an anti-war activist was acquitted of discrediting the Army by claiming that her words нет в***е (net v***je) meant нет во́бле (net vóble, “no to vobla”), and not нет войне́ (net vojné, “no to war”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvobɫə]
Noun
во́бла • (vóbla) f anim (genitive во́блы, nominative plural во́блы, genitive plural вобл)
- vobla, Caspian roach (Rutilus caspicus)
- 1886, Михаил Салтыков-Щедрин [Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin], Вяленая вобла; English translation from (Please provide a date or year):
- Что быва́ют на све́те ли́шние мы́сли, ли́шняя со́весть, ли́шние чу́вства — об э́том, ещё́ живу́чи на во́ле, во́бла слы́шала.
- Što byvájut na svéte líšnije mýsli, líšnjaja sóvestʹ, líšnije čúvstva — ob étom, ješčó živúči na vóle, vóbla slýšala.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (colloquial, derogatory) an ugly and skinny woman
- (politics, Internet slang, euphemistic) war, special military operation
Declension
Declension of во́бла (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-a)
See also
- спецопера́ция (specoperácija) (sense 3)
Ukrainian
Etymology
Per Vasmer, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *obьlъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈwɔbɫɐ]
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Noun
во́бла • (vóbla) f inan (genitive во́бли, nominative plural во́бли, genitive plural вобл)
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | во́бла vóbla |
во́бли vóbly |
genitive | во́бли vóbly |
вобл vobl |
dative | во́блі vóbli |
во́блам vóblam |
accusative | во́блу vóblu |
во́бли vóbly |
instrumental | во́блою vóbloju |
во́блами vóblamy |
locative | во́блі vóbli |
во́блах vóblax |
vocative | во́бло vóblo |
во́бли vóbly |
References
- “вобла”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)