абитура

Russian

Etymology

Back-formation from абитурие́нт (abiturijént). with final -a by analogy with other nouns ending in -тура (-tura). Compare German Abitur.

Compare also collective suffixes -я́та (-játa) (e.g. ребя́та (rebjáta)), -ота́ (-otá) (e.g. школота (školota), гопота (gopota)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐbʲɪˈturə]

Noun

абиту́ра • (abitúra) f inan (genitive абиту́ры, uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) Collective form of абитуриент (abiturijent).
  2. (colloquial) Time spent taking university entrance examinations
    На абиту́ре нас посели́ли в друго́м общежи́тии.
    Na abitúre nas poselíli v drugóm obščežítii.
    We were put in different university halls for the entrance exam period.

Declension

Declension of абиту́ра (inan sg-only fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular
nominative абиту́ра
abitúra
genitive абиту́ры
abitúry
dative абиту́ре
abitúre
accusative абиту́ру
abitúru
instrumental абиту́рой, абиту́рою
abitúroj, abitúroju
prepositional абиту́ре
abitúre

Synonyms

  • абитуриенты (abiturijenty)
  • абита (abita), абитурь (abiturʹ), абитуха (abituxa), абитень (abitenʹ)
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