лесбиянка

Russian

Etymology

Adaptation of a Western language lesbian (itself eventually tracing back to Ancient Greek Λέσβος (Lésbos, “Lesbos”), the native island of Sappho, a poetess associated with female homosexuality in the Western literary canon) with the Russian feminizing suffix -ка (-ka).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lʲɪzbʲɪˈjankə]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

лесбия́нка • (lesbijánka) f anim (genitive лесбия́нки, nominative plural лесбия́нки, genitive plural лесбия́нок)

  1. lesbian

Declension

Declension of лесбия́нка (anim fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 
singular plural
nominative лесбия́нка
lesbijánka 		лесбия́нки
lesbijánki
genitive лесбия́нки
lesbijánki 		лесбия́нок
lesbijánok
dative лесбия́нке
lesbijánke 		лесбия́нкам
lesbijánkam
accusative лесбия́нку
lesbijánku 		лесбия́нок
lesbijánok
instrumental лесбия́нкой, лесбия́нкою
lesbijánkoj, lesbijánkoju 		лесбия́нками
lesbijánkami
prepositional лесбия́нке
lesbijánke 		лесбия́нках
lesbijánkax
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