масленица

Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *maslěnica, from *maslěnъjь + *-ica, from *maslo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmas⁽ʲ⁾lʲɪnʲɪt͡sə]

Noun

ма́сленица (máslenica) f inan (genitive ма́сленицы, nominative plural ма́сленицы, genitive plural ма́слениц)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Ма́сленица (Máslenica); Maslenitsa, Shrovetide, Butter Week, Crepe Week (the week before Lent, seven weeks before Easter)
  2. (figuratively) feast, high life
    не житьё, а ма́сленицаne žitʹjó, a máslenicaa bed of roses; living high on the hog
    не всё коту́ ма́сленица, придёт и вели́кий постne vsjó kotú máslenica, pridjót i velíkij postgood things don’t last forever (after dinner comes the reckoning)
  3. (regional, obsolete) butter churn

Declension

Derived terms

  • ма́сленичный (másleničnyj)

See also

References

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