мегера

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mégère (or German Megaere), from Latin Megaera, from Ancient Greek Μέγαιρα (Mégaira, “Megaera”), one of the Erinyes in Greek mythology.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mʲɪˈɡʲerə]

Noun

меге́ра • (megéra) f anim (genitive меге́ры, nominative plural меге́ры, genitive plural меге́р)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) shrew, termagant, scold, virago, vixen, bitch (a malicious, quarrelsome woman)

Declension

Declension of меге́ра (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative меге́ра
megéra 		меге́ры
megéry
genitive меге́ры
megéry 		меге́р
megér
dative меге́ре
megére 		меге́рам
megéram
accusative меге́ру
megéru 		меге́р
megér
instrumental меге́рой, меге́рою
megéroj, megéroju 		меге́рами
megérami
prepositional меге́ре
megére 		меге́рах
megérax

References

  1. ^ Shansky, N. M., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2007), “мегера”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), number 10 (М), Moscow: Moscow University Press, →ISBN, page 118
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