западник

Russian

Etymology

за́пад (západ) + -ник (-nik), since the 1840s.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzapədʲnʲɪk]

Noun

за́падник (západnik) m anim (genitive за́падника, nominative plural за́падники, genitive plural за́падников)

  1. (historical) Westernizer

Declension

Derived terms

  • за́паднический (západničeskij)
  • за́падничество (západničestvo)

Descendants

  • Belarusian: захо́днік (zaxódnik) (calque)
  • Ukrainian: за́хідник (záxidnyk) (calque)

See also

References

  • Šanskij N. M., editor (1975), западник”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 51
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