ягодица

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *agodica. By surface analysis, я́года (jágoda, “berry”) +‎ -ица (-ica), because of the round shape of buttocks: compare the dialectal senses.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjaɡədʲɪt͡sə]

Noun

я́годица or ягоди́ца^* • (jágodica or jagodíca^*) f inan (genitive я́годицы or ягоди́цы^*, nominative plural я́годицы or ягоди́цы^*, genitive plural я́годиц or ягоди́ц^*) (* more common but colloquial and sometimes proscribed)

1. (anatomy) buttock

   Synonym: (humorous) полупо́пие (polupópije)

2. (dialectal) cheekbone
3. (dialectal) nipple

Declension

Declension of я́годица, ягоди́ца^* (inan fem-form ц-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	я́годица, ягоди́ца* jágodica, jagodíca*	я́годицы, ягоди́цы* jágodicy, jagodícy*
genitive	я́годицы, ягоди́цы* jágodicy, jagodícy*	я́годиц, ягоди́ц* jágodic, jagodíc*
dative	я́годице, ягоди́це* jágodice, jagodíce*	я́годицам, ягоди́цам* jágodicam, jagodícam*
accusative	я́годицу, ягоди́цу** jágodicu, jagodícu**	я́годицы, ягоди́цы* jágodicy, jagodícy*
instrumental	я́годицей, я́годицею, ягоди́цей, ягоди́цею* jágodicej, jágodiceju, jagodícej, jagodíceju*	я́годицами, ягоди́цами* jágodicami, jagodícami*
prepositional	я́годице, ягоди́це* jágodice, jagodíce*	я́годицах, ягоди́цах* jágodicax, jagodícax*

^* More common but colloquial and sometimes proscribed.

See also

• зад (zad)
• за́дница (zádnica)
• жо́па (žópa)
• по́па (pópa)
• сра́ка (sráka)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ягода”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress