распутица

Russian

Etymology

рас- (ras-, away) +‎ путь (putʹ, road) +‎ -ица (-ica, suffix forming abstract nouns)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rɐˈsputʲɪt͡sə]

Noun

распу́тица • (raspúticaf inan (genitive распу́тицы, nominative plural распу́тицы, genitive plural распу́тиц)

  1. mud season, the time when roads turn impassable (twice a year in spring and autumn)
  2. impassable roads, flooded roads
    Synonym: бездоро́жье n (bezdoróžʹje)

Declension

Descendants

  • Catalan: raspútitsa
  • English: rasputitsa
  • Finnish: rospuutto (dialectal)
  • French: raspoutitsa
  • Italian: rasputiza
  • German: Rasputiza
  • Hungarian: raszputyica
  • Romanian: rasputiță
  • Spanish: raspútitsa