приказчик

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

приказа́ть (prikazátʹ) +‎ -щик (-ščik)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [prʲɪˈkaɕːɪk]

Noun

прика́зчик • (prikázčik) m anim (genitive прика́зчика, nominative plural прика́зчики, genitive plural прика́зчиков)

  1. (historical) shop clerk, shop assistant, salesman (hired worker in a shop in pre-revolutionary Russia)
    прика́зчик в ла́вке ― prikázčik v lávke ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. (historical) steward (managing landowner’s manor in pre-revolutionary Russia)
    ба́рский прика́зчик ― bárskij prikázčik ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  3. (figuratively, dated) someone who blindly follows and obeys his master

Declension

Quotations

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Derived terms

  • душеприка́зчик (dušeprikázčik)
  • приказчица (prikazčica)
  • приказчицкий (prikazčickij)
  • приказчичий (prikazčičij)
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