абзац

Borrowed from German Absatz.

• IPA^(key): [ɐbˈzat͡s]

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абза́ц • (abzác) m inan (genitive абза́ца, nominative plural абза́цы, genitive plural абза́цев)

1. (grammar) paragraph

   де́лать абза́ц ― délatʹ abzác ― to make a paragraph

   нача́ть/начина́ть с (но́вого) абза́ца ― načátʹ/načinátʹ s (nóvovo) abzáca ― to begin a (new) line/paragraph; to indent a line

2. (informal) an indentation at the start of a paragraph.

   де́лать абза́ц ― délatʹ abzác ― to indent

3. (euphemism) for пизде́ц (pizdéc).

• (paragraph): пара́граф (parágraf) (see usage notes)
• (indentation): о́тступ (ótstup), абза́цный о́тступ (abzácnyj ótstup) кра́сная строка́ (krásnaja stroká)
• (euphemism for пиздец): пипе́ц (pipéc), писе́ц (piséc), капе́ц (kapéc)

• абза́цный (abzácnyj)

Абзац translates as paragraph and is marked by an indentation and by the typographical character ¶. Conversely, пара́граф (parágraf) translates as section, is demarked by a section break, and by the symbol §. Compare also разде́л (razdél)

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈbzɑt͡s]

абза́ц • (abzác) m inan (genitive абза́цу, nominative plural абза́ци)

1. paragraph
2. indentation

• абзац in Bilodid I. K., editor (1970–1980) Slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy, Kiev: Naukova Dumka