12 words in Russian, the existence of which many do not even suspect

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Some of them may seem wrong, others will surprise you with their rarity. But they are all in dictionaries.

1. Wasted

As you might guess, this adjective is formed from the word "in vain". Yes, yes, it is the Comprehensive Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language. Ch. ed. S. A. Kuznetsov / Reference and information portal GRAMOTA. RU in dictionaries, albeit with the mark “colloquial”.

You can call a conversation, a venture, an effort wasted - everything that is done in vain is empty. A person can also be wasted: this word is also used in relation to someone or something that is not good for anything.

2. The worldly

The word "otherworldly" won’t surprise anyone, but its antonym for some reason seems somehow wrong. However, it was included by T. F. Efremova. New dictionary of the Russian language. Explanatory-derivational in dictionaries. So we can oppose poltergeists and monsters with quite real earthly forces and rightfully call them this-worldly.

3. Everlasting

Dictionaries do not consider this adjective to be a mistake, although they accompany the Large Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language. Ch. ed. S. A. Kuznetsov / Reference and information portal GRAMOTA. RU with its label “spoken”.

Colloquial speech fits into the framework of the norm, so in a casual conversation, you can call some permanent things in your life permanent with a calm soul.

4. Hope

This word means "recently, the other day." Dictionaries are defined by T. F. Efremova. New dictionary of the Russian language. Explanatory-word-formative it is as dialectal, therefore it has no place in exemplary literate speech.

However, this adverb is found in literature. For example, Turgenev, Chekhov, Sholokhov and other writers. Perhaps now it will become a little easier to understand Russian classics.

Alexander Solzhenitsyn "An incident at the Kochetovka station", 1962

And Grunka Mostryukova hoped for some kind of wonderful shirt - a woman's, a night one, they say, yes with slots, hey, in such places … well, laughter!

5. Buza

The verb "buzz" is familiar to many. And it is formed from the colloquial noun "buza", the meaning of the Big Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian language. Ch. ed. S. A. Kuznetsov / Reference and information portal GRAMOTA. RU which is “fuss, fight, scandal”. It is stressed on the last syllable.

6. Fisherman

As you might guess, this is another name for a fisherman. Some dictionaries provide the Big Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language. Ch. ed. S. A. Kuznetsov / Reference and information portal GRAMOTA. RU this word is marked "obsolete", others - without marks. Previously, the accent in the noun "fisherman" fell on "s", but now the pronunciation with the stressed "a" is considered correct.

7. Tenet

This is the name of the nets for catching animals. Also, this word has a Big Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language. Ch. ed. S. A. Kuznetsov / Reference and information portal GRAMOTA. RU and figurative meaning - “that which hinders freedom of action, oppresses, suppresses”. And in folk colloquial speech, it is used to denote a spider web.

The form "teneta" looks like a feminine singular, but it is a neuter plural. It slopes like this: "snares", "snares", "shadows", "shadows", "shadows". But the singular form is not used in speech.

8. Growing up

This word is found in literary works, for example, in Prishvin and Tolstoy. This is the name of the Big Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language. Ch. ed. S. A. Kuznetsov / Reference and information portal GRAMOTA. RU crossroads, crossroads. This noun is also used to indicate a situation when you have to make a choice.

Leo Tolstoy "Church and State", 1891

And this was the event where most Christians renounced their faith; these were those Rosstans where the vast majority followed the pagan road with a Christian name and continues to this day.

9. Lapidary

If you want to show off your vocabulary, then you can call a short and clear text, syllable or style lapidary. However, this adjective is considered the Big Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language. Ch. ed. S. A. Kuznetsov / Reference and information portal GRAMOTA. RU bookish, therefore, in an ordinary kitchen conversation over a cup of tea, it will sound somewhat pretentious. More appropriate in this case would be its synonym - "laconic".

10. Lemniscata

This is the name of Lemniscata / Great Russian Encyclopedia of Plane Algebraic Curve. A special case of it - Bernoulli's lemniscate - resembles a horizontal figure eight in shape. Perhaps replacing the boring "infinity sign" with a sonorous "lemniscate" will add mystery and sophistication to you in the eyes of the interlocutor. But it is not exactly.

11. Ampersand

This name is the Big Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language. Ch. ed. S. A. Kuznetsov / Reference and information portal GRAMOTA. RU of the icon &, which is used as a replacement for the union “and”. By the way, this icon itself is nothing more than a graphical abbreviation of the Latin union "and" - et.

12. Muslet

Many of us deal with this subject, especially on New Year's Eve. Musel is a wire bridle of the ACADEMOS Spelling Academic Resource that holds the cork on a champagne bottle. Yes, even for this delay there was a name.