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Etymology 1

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с- (s-) +‎ воло́чь (volóčʹ)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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своло́чь (svolóčʹpf (imperfective свола́кивать)

  1. to drag, to trail
  2. to draw
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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сво́лочь (svóločʹf anim (genitive сво́лочи, nominative plural сво́лочи, genitive plural сволоче́й, relational adjective сволочно́й)

  1. (derogatory, collective) riffraff, rabble
  2. asshole, scoundrel, drag
Declension
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Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “суволока”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress