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Etymology

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само- (samo-) +‎ сели́ться (selítʹsja), literally self-settler

Pronunciation

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Noun

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самосёл (samosjólm anim (genitive самосёла, nominative plural самосёлы, genitive plural самосёлов)

  1. a samosel (a civilian resident of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone who refused to evacuate or who returned against government orders)
    • 1999, В. В. Быков, “Волчья яма”, in Дружба народов:
      […] и за боло́том, почти́ что в зо́не, то́же появи́лись самосёлы. Живу́т без электри́чества, без магази́нов, без па́ртии и без вла́сти.
      […] i za bolótom, počtí što v zóne, tóže pojavílisʹ samosjóly. Živút bez elektríčestva, bez magazínov, bez pártii i bez vlásti.
      […] and on the other side of the swamp too, almost in the Zone itself, there are now samosels. They live without electricity, without shops, without the Party, and without authorities.

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