деньги
Russian
Etymology
From a Turkic source, cf. Kazakh теңге (teñge), Bashkir тәңкә (təñkə). First used in the singular form де́ньга, деньга́ (dénʹga, denʹgá, “ancient coin”), preserved in modern Russian as деньга́ (denʹgá, “money, dough (colloquial)”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdʲenʲɡʲɪ]
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Noun
де́ньги • (dénʹgi) f inan pl (genitive де́нег, plural only, relational adjective де́нежный, diminutive де́нежки or деньжа́та, augmentative деньжи́щи, pejorative деньжо́нки)
- money
- Synonyms: (diminutive, colloquial) де́нежки (dénežki), де́нюжки (dénjužki); (diminutive, slang) деньжа́та (denʹžáta), (augmentative, colloquial) деньжи́щи (denʹžíšči); (rare, colloquial) деньга́ sg (denʹgá); (slang) ба́бки (bábki), ба́шли (bášli), бабло́ sg (babló), бабо́сы (babósy), бабло́сы (bablósy), лавэ́ (lavɛ́), кэш (kɛš), на́л (nál), купю́ра (kupjúra)
- Э́то сто́ит больши́х де́нег. ― Éto stóit bolʹšíx déneg. ― It costs a lot of money.
Declension
Related terms
- де́нежный (dénežnyj)
Descendants
- → Ahtna: dengi
Noun
де́ньги • (dénʹgi) f inan or f inan pl
- inflection of де́ньга (dénʹga):
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative plural
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