шахтёр

Russian

Etymology

ша́хта (šáxta, “mine, pit”) +‎ -ёр (-jór)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʂɐxˈtʲɵr]
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Noun

шахтёр • (šaxtjór) m anim (genitive шахтёра, nominative plural шахтёры, genitive plural шахтёров, relational adjective шахтёрский)

  1. miner, pitman (a person who works in a mine)
    Synonyms: горнорабочий (gornorabočij), горня́к (gornják)
  2. (politics, Ukraine, dialect, slang) someone from the Donbass region.

Usage notes

Since the 2014 pro-Russian unrest, the miner has become a symbol of the Russian separatists in the Donbass region. One motto used in the Donetsk People's Republic is "шахтёры возродят мощь Донбасса" ("miners will revive Donbass's power").

Declension
Declension of шахтёр (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative шахтёр
šaxtjór		 шахтёры
šaxtjóry
genitive шахтёра
šaxtjóra		 шахтёров
šaxtjórov
dative шахтёру
šaxtjóru		 шахтёрам
šaxtjóram
accusative шахтёра
šaxtjóra		 шахтёров
šaxtjórov
instrumental шахтёром
šaxtjórom		 шахтёрами
šaxtjórami
prepositional шахтёре
šaxtjóre		 шахтёрах
šaxtjórax
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