спекулянт

Russian

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [spʲɪkʊˈlʲant]

Noun

спекуля́нт • (spekuljánt) m anim (genitive спекуля́нта, nominative plural спекуля́нты, genitive plural спекуля́нтов, feminine спекуля́нтка)

  1. speculator, profiteer, reseller (one who purchases goods or securities with the intention of reselling them)
    • 2017 [c. 1910s], “Яблочко [Jabločko, Little Apple]”‎[1]performed by Otava Yo:
      Спекулянт, спекулянт, спекулирует;
      А народная власть реквизирует.
      Spekuljant, spekuljant, spekulirujet;
      A narodnaja vlastʹ rekvizirujet.
      The speculator, speculator, does speculate;
      Yet the people's government will confiscate.
  2. scalper (one who sells things unofficially)

Declension

Declension of спекуля́нт (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative спекуля́нт
spekuljánt 		спекуля́нты
spekuljánty
genitive спекуля́нта
spekuljánta 		спекуля́нтов
spekuljántov
dative спекуля́нту
spekuljántu 		спекуля́нтам
spekuljántam
accusative спекуля́нта
spekuljánta 		спекуля́нтов
spekuljántov
instrumental спекуля́нтом
spekuljántom 		спекуля́нтами
spekuljántami
prepositional спекуля́нте
spekuljánte 		спекуля́нтах
spekuljántax

Descendants

  • → Dargwa: испакулан (ispakulan)
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