свинство

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsvʲinstvə]

Noun

сви́нство (svínstvo) n inan (genitive сви́нства, nominative plural сви́нства, genitive plural свинств)

  1. (colloquial) swinishness, rudeness
  2. (colloquial) dirtiness, flagrant untidiness
    како́е сви́нство они́ развели́ на кухне!
    kakóje svínstvo oní razvelí na kuxne!
    what a pigpen/pigsty they made out of the kitchen!
  3. (colloquial) meanness, mean/base nature
  4. (colloquial) mean/low-down trick
    любопытство не порок, но большое свинствоljubopytstvo ne porok, no bolʹšoje svinstvocuriosity is no disgrace but it is a great inconvenience

Declension

  • свинья́ (svinʹjá), свинтус (svintus)
  • свиной (svinoj), свинский (svinskij)
  • свинячить (svinjačitʹ), насвинячить (nasvinjačitʹ)
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