марафет

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish معرفت (maʼrifet, “knowledge; connaissance, adroitness; skill, trick; method, means”), from Arabic مَعْرِفَة (maʕrifa, “knowledge”). The central phrase for the meaning development is навести́ (navestí) / наводи́ть (navodítʹ) марафе́т, which was first applied by criminals to mean distancing oneself from the crime scene or putting forward an alibi, so as not to appear responsible. The sense "cocaine" comes from the effects of the drug when satisfying an addiction.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mərɐˈfʲet]

Noun

марафе́т • (marafét) m inan (genitive марафе́та, nominative plural марафе́ты, genitive plural марафе́тов)

(colloquial) the outer appearance of orderliness, toilet – personal, domestic or other cleaning
(slang) cocaine

Declension

Declension of марафе́т (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	марафе́т marafét	марафе́ты maraféty
genitive	марафе́та maraféta	марафе́тов marafétov
dative	марафе́ту marafétu	марафе́там marafétam
accusative	марафе́т marafét	марафе́ты maraféty
instrumental	марафе́том marafétom	марафе́тами marafétami
prepositional	марафе́те maraféte	марафе́тах marafétax