прятки
Russian
Etymology
From пря́таться (prjátatʹsja) + -ки (-ki).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈprʲatkʲɪ]
Noun
пря́тки • (prjátki) f inan pl (genitive пря́ток, plural only)
- hide and seek (a game)
- 1913, Максим Горький [Maxim Gorky], “VIII”, in Детство; English translation from Ronald Wilks, transl., My Childhood, 1966:
- На дворе́ и в саду́ бы́ло мно́жество ую́тных закоу́лков, как бу́дто наро́чно для игры́ в пря́тки.
- Na dvoré i v sadú býlo mnóžestvo ujútnyx zakoúlkov, kak búdto naróšno dlja igrý v prjátki.
- In the yard and garden there were many comfortable little nooks, which seemed to have been specially made for hide-and-seek.