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 • (vóblaf anim (genitive во́блы, nominative plural во́блы, genitive plural вобл)

  1. 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)
  2. (colloquial, derogatory) an ugly and skinny woman
  3. (politics, Internet slang, euphemistic) war, special military operation

Declension

See also

Ukrainian

Etymology

Per Vasmer, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *obьlъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈwɔbɫɐ]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

во́бла • (vóblaf inan (genitive во́бли, nominative plural во́бли, genitive plural вобл)

  1. vobla, Caspian roach (Rutilus caspicus)

Declension

Declension of во́бла
(inan hard fem-form accent-a)
singular plural
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

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