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Etymology

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From дво́йка (dvójka) +‎ -ник (-nik). The USSR and now the Russian Federation and other ex-Soviet republics used/use a five-point academic grading system where два (dva, two, number 2) denotes hardly any knowledge, below average, the first level of failing.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdvo(j)ɪʂnʲɪk] (phonetic respelling: дво́ешник)

Noun

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дво́ечник (dvóješnikm anim (genitive дво́ечника, nominative plural дво́ечники, genitive plural дво́ечников, feminine дво́ечница)

  1. pupil with only the lowest mark "two" (F) in his record.
  2. (by extension) anyone who is a bad performer

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