дырник

Russian

Etymology

From дыра (dyra) +‎ -ник (-nik)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdɨrnʲɪk]

Noun

ды́рник • (dýrnikm inan (genitive ды́рника, nominative plural ды́рники, genitive plural ды́рников, feminine ды́рница)

  1. (Christianity) a kind of Priestless Old Believer (in particular, the one who prays through a special hole in the wall)
    • 1899, Лев Толстой [Leo Tolstoy], “Часть III. Глава XXI”, in Воскресение; English translation from Louise Maude, transl., Resurrection, 1901:
      — Ты, ви́дно, не́христ, ды́рник. Дыре́ мо́лишься, — сказа́л ямщи́к, засо́вывая кнутови́ще за по́яс и оправля́я шлею́ на пристяжно́й.
      — Ty, vídno, néxrist, dýrnik. Dyré mólišʹsja, — skazál jamščík, zasóvyvaja knutovíšče za pójas i opravljája šlejú na pristjažnój.
      "It`s clear you are not a Christian, but a hole worshipper. You pray to a hole," said the driver, shoving the handle of his whip into his girdle, pulling straight the harness on one of the horses.

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