цыган
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Russian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- цыга́нъ (cygán) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Byzantine Greek τσιγγάνος (tsingános, “Gypsy”), from a word meaning "untouchable".
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
цыга́н • (cygán) m anim (genitive цыга́на, nominative plural цыга́не, genitive plural цыга́н, feminine цыга́нка)
Usage notes[edit]
- Usually not considered offensive, the alternative forms: ром (rom), рома́ (romá), ро́ма (róma) are not common or widely accepted, even among Russian-speaking Romani people.
Declension[edit]
Declension of цыга́н (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a irreg)
Derived terms[edit]
- цыга́нство (cygánstvo)
- Diminutive forms
- цыганёнок m (cyganjónok)
- цыга́нчик m (cygánčik)
- цыга́ночка f (cygánočka)
Related terms[edit]
- цыга́нка (cygánka), цыганёнок (cyganjónok), цыгано́лог (cyganólog), цыганоло́гия (cyganológija), цыга́нистость (cygánistostʹ), цыганова́тость (cyganovátostʹ), цыга́нщина (cygánščina), цыганьё (cyganʹjó)
- цыга́нский (cygánskij), цыга́нистый (cygánistyj), цыганова́тый (cyganovátyj)
- выцыга́нивать (vycygánivatʹ), вы́цыганить (výcyganitʹ), цыга́нить (cygánitʹ), цыга́нствовать (cygánstvovatʹ)
- по-цыга́нски (po-cygánski)
Descendants[edit]
Categories:
- Russian terms derived from Byzantine Greek
- Russian 2-syllable words
- Russian terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Russian lemmas
- Russian nouns
- Russian masculine nouns
- Russian animate nouns
- Russian hard-stem masculine-form nouns
- Russian hard-stem masculine-form accent-a nouns
- Russian nouns with accent pattern a
- Russian nouns with alternate genitive plural
- Russian irregular nouns
- Russian nouns with irregular nominative plural
- Russian nouns with irregular genitive plural
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