корыто

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koryto.

• IPA^(key): [kɐˈrɨtə]

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коры́то • (korýto) n inan (genitive коры́та, nominative plural коры́та, genitive plural коры́т, relational adjective коры́тный, diminutive коры́тце)

1. washing tub, trough

   оста́ться у разби́того коры́та ― ostátʹsja u razbítovo korýta ― to be no better off than before; to be back where one started, to be back to square one. to lose everything one has gained

2. (figurative, derogatory) old boat, old ship, old tub, old car

Compounds:

• From коры́тный (korýtnyj):
  • коры́тная мо́йка f (korýtnaja mójka)

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “корыто”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.