хрущёвка

Russian

Etymology

Хрущёв (Xruščóv) +‎ -ка (-ka). Named after Soviet Communist party First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [xrʊˈɕːɵfkə]

Noun

хрущёвка • (xruščóvka) f inan (genitive хрущёвки, nominative plural хрущёвки, genitive plural хрущёвок)

  1. (colloquial) khrushchevka (an unofficial name of a type of low-cost, concrete-paneled or brick three- to five-storied apartment building which was developed in the USSR during the early 1960s, during the time of its namesake Nikita Khrushchev)
  2. apartment in such a building

Declension

Declension of хрущёвка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 
singular plural
nominative хрущёвка
xruščóvka 		хрущёвки
xruščóvki
genitive хрущёвки
xruščóvki 		хрущёвок
xruščóvok
dative хрущёвке
xruščóvke 		хрущёвкам
xruščóvkam
accusative хрущёвку
xruščóvku 		хрущёвки
xruščóvki
instrumental хрущёвкой, хрущёвкою
xruščóvkoj, xruščóvkoju 		хрущёвками
xruščóvkami
prepositional хрущёвке
xruščóvke 		хрущёвках
xruščóvkax

Synonyms

  • хрущо́ба (xruščóba) (pejorative)

Descendants

  • → English: khrushchevka
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