лавочник

Russian

Etymology

ла́вка (lávka) +‎ -ник (-nik)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɫavət͡ɕnʲɪk]

Noun

ла́вочник • (lávočnikm anim (genitive ла́вочника, nominative plural ла́вочники, genitive plural ла́вочников, feminine ла́вочница)

  1. (dated) petty trader, small shopkeeper
  2. (figurative, derogatory) greedy bourgeois philistine

Declension