великий и могучий

Russian

Etymology

From Turgenev's 1882 prose poem «Русский язык» (“Russkij jazyk”, “The Russian Tongue”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [vʲɪˈlʲikʲɪj i mɐˈɡut͡ɕɪj]

Noun

вели́кий и могу́чий • (velíkij i mogúčij) m inan (genitive вели́кого и могу́чего, uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic, poetic, endearing) the Russian language (literally, “the great and mighty”)
  2. (humorous, euphemistic, sarcastic) Russian profanities
    Synonyms: ру́сский мат (rússkij mat), матерщи́на (materščína)

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.