jeżowszczyzna
See also: jeżowszczyzną
Polish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Russian ежо́вщина (ježóvščina). Named after Russian secret police official Nikolai Yezhov + -yzna.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editjeżowszczyzna f
- (historical) Yezhovshchina, Great Purge (period of intense political repression and mass purges in the Soviet Union during the late 1930s, particularly from 1937 to 1938)
- Synonyms: wielki terror, wielka czystka
Declension
editDeclension of jeżowszczyzna
singular | |
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nominative | jeżowszczyzna |
genitive | jeżowszczyzny |
dative | jeżowszczyźnie |
accusative | jeżowszczyznę |
instrumental | jeżowszczyzną |
locative | jeżowszczyźnie |
vocative | jeżowszczyzno |
Further reading
edit- jeżowszczyzna in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Categories:
- Polish terms borrowed from Russian
- Polish terms derived from Russian
- Polish terms suffixed with -yzna
- Polish 4-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Polish/ɘzna
- Rhymes:Polish/ɘzna/4 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish proper nouns
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- pl:Soviet Union