зига

Russian

Etymology

From German Sieg, as in "Sieg Heil!".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzʲiɡə]

Noun

зи́га • (zíga) f inan (genitive зи́ги, nominative plural зи́ги, genitive plural зиг)

  1. (slang) Hitlergruß, Nazi salute
    бросить/кинуть зигу
    brositʹ/kinutʹ zigu
    to throw a "Sieg", to give a Nazi salute
  2. (derogatory, neologism, politics) The symbol Z used by supporters of the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Declension

Declension of зи́га (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative зи́га
zíga 		зи́ги
zígi
genitive зи́ги
zígi 		зи́г
zíg
dative зи́ге
zíge 		зи́гам
zígam
accusative зи́гу
zígu 		зи́ги
zígi
instrumental зи́гой, зи́гою
zígoj, zígoju 		зи́гами
zígami
prepositional зи́ге
zíge 		зи́гах
zígax

Derived terms

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