поуех

Russian

Etymology

Formed similarly to понае́х (derogatory term for an immigrant to Russia, especially to its capital city Moscow), but with prefix у- (u-) the neologism is getting the opposite meaning (an immigrant from Russia). See уе́хать.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pəʊˈjex]

Noun

поуе́х • (poujéx) m anim (genitive поуе́ха, nominative plural поуе́хи, genitive plural поуе́хов)

1. (derogatory, neologism, Internet slang) immigrant from Russia, especially during the 2020s Russian invasion of Ukraine

Usage notes

Used by both pro-Putinist Russians and Russian democratic opposition. The oppositionists tend to use it for immigrants who are speaking from 'convinced' anti-Russian positions, even if they had positive or neutral views on the Putinist regime while living in Russia.

Declension

Declension of поуе́х (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	поуе́х poujéx	поуе́хи poujéxi
genitive	поуе́ха poujéxa	поуе́хов poujéxov
dative	поуе́ху poujéxu	поуе́хам poujéxam
accusative	поуе́ха poujéxa	поуе́хов poujéxov
instrumental	поуе́хом poujéxom	поуе́хами poujéxami
prepositional	поуе́хе poujéxe	поуе́хах poujéxax