майдаун

Russian

Etymology

From Евромайда́н (Jevromajdán, “the Euromaidan protests of 2014”) and Даун (Daun) ("a person with Down's syndrome, retard, stupid").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɐjˈdaʊn]

Proper noun

майда́ун • (majdáun) m inan (genitive майда́уна)

1. (Ukraine, slang, offensive) a supporter of the Euromaidan protests and the Ukrainian government.

Usage notes

Mostly used by pro-Russian nationalists, who depict the Maidan protesters as foreign-driven, ultranationalist radicals.

Declension

Declension of майда́ун (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	майда́ун majdáun
genitive	майда́уна majdáuna
dative	майда́уну majdáunu
accusative	майда́ун majdáun
instrumental	майда́уном majdáunom
prepositional	майда́уне majdáune

See also

• майданутый (majdanutyj, “a supporter of the Euromaidan protests”)
• Даунба́сс (Daunbáss, “the Donbass pro-Russia separatists of eastern Ukraine”)