пиндос
Russian
editAlternative forms
edit- пендо́с (pendós)
Etymology
editBorrowed from Greek πίνδος (píndos). The modern sense (“a Yank”) originated in the late 1990s as military slang among Russian peacekeepers in Bosnia and Kosovo.
In modern Greek slang, the original word now refers to someone who is unsophisticated.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editпиндо́с • (pindós) m anim (genitive пиндо́са, nominative plural пиндо́сы, genitive plural пиндо́сов, feminine пиндо́ска)
Declension
editDeclension of пиндо́с (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
Synonyms
editDerived terms
edit- пиндо́сский (pindósskij, adjective)
- пиндо́ска (pindóska, noun)
- Пиндо́сия (Pindósija), Пиндоста́н (Pindostán), СШП (SŠP, “USA (pejorative)”, noun)
See also
edit- америка́нец (amerikánec)
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