мамбет
See also: Мамбет
Russian
Etymology
From Kazakh мәмбет (mämbet), ultimately Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad).
Sense 5 was most likely brought to Yakutia from soldiers returning from the Soviet Army.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mɐm⁽ʲ⁾ˈbʲet]
Noun
мамбе́т • (mambét) m anim (genitive мамбе́та, nominative plural мамбе́ты, genitive plural мамбе́тов)
(slang, offensive, ethnic slur, Kazakhstan)
- a rural Kazakh person, perceived to be uneducated.
- a Kazakh nationalist, especially one who dislikes Russian-speakers or Russia.
- a Kazakh who loves their own language and culture.
- (Kazakhstan, by extension) a yokel or a bumpkin, regardless of ethnic origin
- Synonym: (in Russia) бы́дло (býdlo)
- (Siberia, by extension) a rural Yakut migrant from the countryside who behaves in an aggressive manner
- (Siberia, by extension) a young applicant from the Yakut countryside who enrolls in a university
Declension
Declension of мамбе́т (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | мамбе́т mambét |
мамбе́ты mambéty |
| genitive | мамбе́та mambéta |
мамбе́тов mambétov |
| dative | мамбе́ту mambétu |
мамбе́там mambétam |
| accusative | мамбе́та mambéta |
мамбе́тов mambétov |
| instrumental | мамбе́том mambétom |
мамбе́тами mambétami |
| prepositional | мамбе́те mambéte |
мамбе́тах mambétax |