самосёл
Russian
Etymology
само- (samo-) + сели́ться (selítʹsja), literally “self-settler”
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [səmɐˈsʲɵɫ]
Noun
самосёл • (samosjól) m anim (genitive самосёла, nominative plural самосёлы, genitive plural самосёлов)
- unauthorized settler
- a samosel (a civilian resident of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone who refused to evacuate or who returned against government orders)
- 1999, В. В. Быков, “Волчья яма”, in Дружба народов:
- […] и за боло́том, почти́ что в зо́не, то́же появи́лись самосёлы. Живу́т без электри́чества, без магази́нов, без па́ртии и без вла́сти.
- […] i za bolótom, počtí što v zóne, tóže pojavílisʹ samosjóly. Živút bez elektríčestva, bez magazínov, bez pártii i bez vlásti.
- […] and on the other side of the swamp too, almost in the Zone itself, there are now samosels. They live without electricity, without shops, without the Party, and without authorities.
- a samosel (a civilian resident of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone who refused to evacuate or who returned against government orders)
Declension
Declension of самосёл (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | самосёл samosjól |
самосёлы samosjóly |
| genitive | самосёла samosjóla |
самосёлов samosjólov |
| dative | самосёлу samosjólu |
самосёлам samosjólam |
| accusative | самосёла samosjóla |
самосёлов samosjólov |
| instrumental | самосёлом samosjólom |
самосёлами samosjólami |
| prepositional | самосёле samosjóle |
самосёлах samosjólax |
Related terms
- самопоселе́нец (samoposelénec)