колорад
Russian
editEtymology
editFor the sense of "Russian nationalist", it is from the similarity of the beetle's colours/colors from the Ribbon of Saint George, which is nowadays regarded as a symbol of Russian nationalism.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editколора́д • (kolorád) m anim (genitive колора́да, nominative plural колора́ды, genitive plural колора́дов)
- (colloquial) Colorado beetle.
- (offensive) Pro-Russian separatist in Donetsk/Luhansk in Eastern Ukraine.
- (politics, slang, derogatory) a Russian ultranationalist.
Declension
editDeclension of колора́д (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | колора́д kolorád |
колора́ды kolorády |
genitive | колора́да koloráda |
колора́дов kolorádov |
dative | колора́ду kolorádu |
колора́дам kolorádam |
accusative | колора́да koloráda |
колора́дов kolorádov |
instrumental | колора́дом kolorádom |
колора́дами kolorádami |
prepositional | колора́де koloráde |
колора́дах kolorádax |
See also
edit- ватник (vatnik)
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