двоечник

Russian

Etymology

From дво́йка (dvójka) +‎ -ник (-nik). The USSR and now the Russian Federation and other ex-Soviet republics used/use a five-point academic grading system where два (dva, “two, number 2”) denotes hardly any knowledge, below average, the first level of failing.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈdvo(j)ɪʂnʲɪk] (phonetic respelling: дво́ешник)

Noun

дво́ечник • (dvóješnik) m anim (genitive дво́ечника, nominative plural дво́ечники, genitive plural дво́ечников, feminine дво́ечница)

  1. pupil with only the lowest mark "two" in his record.
  2. (by extension) anyone who is a bad performer

Declension
Declension of дво́ечник (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative дво́ечник
dvóješnik		 дво́ечники
dvóješniki
genitive дво́ечника
dvóješnika		 дво́ечников
dvóješnikov
dative дво́ечнику
dvóješniku		 дво́ечникам
dvóješnikam
accusative дво́ечника
dvóješnika		 дво́ечников
dvóješnikov
instrumental дво́ечником
dvóješnikom		 дво́ечниками
dvóješnikami
prepositional дво́ечнике
dvóješnike		 дво́ечниках
dvóješnikax

Coordinate terms
  • колы́шник (kolýšnik)
  • тро́ечник (tróješnik)
  • четвёрочник (četvjórošnik)
  • пятёрочник (pjatjórošnik)
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