гопник

Russian

Гопники.

Etymology

го́пать (gópatʹ) +‎ -ник (-nik) or гоп (gop) +‎ -ник (-nik).

Folk etymology connects the term to the acronym for Городско́е о́бщество призо́ра (Gorodskóje óbščestvo prizóra), the name of a former Saint Petersburg orphanage and workhouse for street children.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɡopnʲɪk]

Noun

го́пник • (gópnik) m anim (genitive го́пника, nominative plural го́пники, genitive plural го́пников, feminine го́пница, relational adjective го́пнический)

gopnik (a member of the Russian urban criminal subculture; a young hoodlum; a member of a street gang)
a young bully; a rowdy youth; a young tough
an aggressive, poorly educated and ill-mannered person, even if not so young; a redneck

Declension

Declension of го́пник (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	го́пник gópnik	го́пники gópniki
genitive	го́пника gópnika	го́пников gópnikov
dative	го́пнику gópniku	го́пникам gópnikam
accusative	го́пника gópnika	го́пников gópnikov
instrumental	го́пником gópnikom	го́пниками gópnikami
prepositional	го́пнике gópnike	го́пниках gópnikax

Derived terms

го́пничество (gópničestvo)

Related terms

го́п-сто́п (góp-stóp)
го́па (gópa)
го́пница (gópnica)
гопа́к (gopák)
гопота́ (gopotá)

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