грубиян

Russian

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Polish grubian(in),[1][2][3] or from Czech hrubián,[4] from German Grobian (brute),[5] influenced by грубый (grubyj).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡrʊbʲɪˈjan]

Noun

грубия́н • (grubijánm anim (genitive грубия́на, nominative plural грубия́ны, genitive plural грубия́нов, feminine грубия́нка)

  1. churl, boor, cad, chuff, vulgarian, bounder (rude and mean fellow)

Declension

References

  1. ^ Berneker, Erich (1908–1913) Slavisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter's Universitätsbuchhandlung, page 355
  2. ^ Shansky, N. M., editor (1972), “грубиян”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 4 (Г), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 180
  3. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “грубиян”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  4. ^ Roman Jakobson (1952) “Reviews”, in Word[1], volume 8, number 4, →DOI, New Slavic etymological dictionaries, page 390
  5. ^ Ушаков Д. Н. [Ušakov D. N., Dmitry Ushakov], editor (1935–1940), “грубиян”, in Толковый словарь русского языка (Tolkovyj slovarʹ russkovo jazyka) [Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language]‎[2] (in Russian), Moscow: Государственное издательство иностранных и национальных словарей