стерва

Russian

Etymology

Possibly from Old Russian, now obsolete стерво (stervo, “carrion”). A similar word is Modern Russian стервя́тник (stervjátnik, “vulture, carrion-eating bird”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈsʲtʲervə]
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Noun

сте́рва • (stérva) m anim, f anim (genitive сте́рвы, nominative plural сте́рвы, genitive plural стерв)

(vulgar) bitch, vixen, old witch (a malicious, quarrelsome or temperamental woman)
(vulgar) bastard, son of a bitch, asshole (a malicious, quarrelsome or temperamental person)

Declension

Declension of сте́рва (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	сте́рва stérva	сте́рвы stérvy
genitive	сте́рвы stérvy	сте́рв stérv
dative	сте́рве stérve	сте́рвам stérvam
accusative	сте́рву stérvu	сте́рв stérv
instrumental	сте́рвой, сте́рвою stérvoj, stérvoju	сте́рвами stérvami
prepositional	сте́рве stérve	сте́рвах stérvax

Synonyms

(bitch): ехи́дна (jexídna), грымза (grymza), я́зва (jázva), су́ка (súka), паскуда (paskuda), дрянь (drjanʹ), мерзавка (merzavka), сволочь (svoločʹ), негодяйка (negodjajka), гни́да (gnída), тварь (tvarʹ), па́дла (pádla), мегера (megera)

Derived terms

стервозный (stervoznyj)
остервенеть (ostervenetʹ)
стервец (stervec)

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