лакей
See also: лакеи
Bulgarian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian лаке́й (lakéj) or French laquais, from Spanish lacayo.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
лаке́й • (lakéj) m
- lackey
- Synonyms: слуга́ (slugá), прислу́жник (prislúžnik), нае́мник (naémnik)
Declension edit
Declension of лаке́й
References edit
- “лакей”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “лакей”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Anagrams edit
- лейка (lejka)
Russian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
лаке́й • (lakéj) m anim (genitive лаке́я, nominative plural лаке́и, genitive plural лаке́ев)
- lackey
- 1836, Николай Гоголь, “II”, in Нос; English translation from Claud Field, transl., The Nose, 1916:
- Взошедши в переднюю, увидел он на кожаном запачканном диване лакея своего Ивана, который, лёжа на спине, плевал в потолок и попадал довольно удачно в одно и то же место.
- Vzošedši v perednjuju, uvidel on na kožanom zapačkannom divane lakeja svojevo Ivana, kotoryj, ljóža na spine, pleval v potolok i popadal dovolʹno udačno v odno i to že mesto.
- In the vestibule he saw his valet Ivan stretched on the leather couch and amusing himself by spitting at the ceiling, which he did very cleverly, hitting every time the same spot.
Declension edit
Declension of лаке́й (anim masc-form vowel-stem accent-a)