прапорщик

Russian

Etymology

From пра́пор (prápor) + -щик (-ščik), from Old Church Slavonic прапоръ (praporŭ), from Proto-Slavic *porporъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈprapərɕːɪk]
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Noun

пра́порщик (práporščik) m anim (genitive пра́порщика, nominative plural пра́порщики, genitive plural пра́порщиков)

  1. (military) ensign (military rank)

Declension

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), прапорщик”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress
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