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Etymology edit

Borrowed from German Feldscher (surgeon).

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  • IPA(key): [ˈfʲelʲt͡ʂʂɨr]
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фе́льдшер (félʹdšerm anim (genitive фе́льдшера, nominative plural фельдшера́ or фе́льдшеры, genitive plural фельдшеро́в or фе́льдшеров)

  1. (male) doctor's / medical assistant, medical attendant, paramedic, male nurse
    • 1883, Всеволод Гаршин, chapter III, in Красный цветок; English translation from A Red Flower, Philadelphia: Brown Brothers, 1911:
      Когда фельдшер стал искать нового больного, ему указали на конец коридора; он стоял здесь, прильнувши лицом к стеклу стеклянной садовой двери, и пристально смотрел на цветник.
      Kogda felʹdšer stal iskatʹ novovo bolʹnovo, jemu ukazali na konec koridora; on stojal zdesʹ, prilʹnuvši licom k steklu stekljannoj sadovoj dveri, i pristalʹno smotrel na cvetnik.
      When the assistant physician began to search for the new patient, they pointed him out at the end of the corridor; he stood there, with his face against the pane in the glass door, his eye fixed on a flower bed.

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References edit

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