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Aside from referring to pancakes, the word blin (блин) is used in Russian as a "minced oath" for the Russian swear word "блять" blyat', used as an interjection to express a negative emotion, akin to the words "damn!" or saying "Holy Moly!" while meaning "Holy shit!". [10] There are many Russian proverbs involving blini.
The mat-word "хуй" ("khuy") in Max Vasmer's Russisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [] (Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language). Heidelberg, 1950–1958. Mat (Russian: мат; матерщи́на / ма́терный язы́к, matershchina / materny yazyk) is the term for vulgar, obscene, or profane language in Russian and some other Slavic language communities.
Rukh (Ukrainian: Рух; movement), a Ukrainian centre-right political party the People's Movement of Ukraine. Sich (Ukrainian: Січ), the administrative and military centre for Cossacks. Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian: Верхо́вна Ра́да), Ukraine's parliament, literally Supreme Council, formerly also translated as the Supreme Soviet.
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According to Max Vasmer, the origin of the word blat is the Yiddish blatt, meaning a "blank note" or a "list". [8] However, according to both Vasmer and N. M. Shansky, blat may also have entered into Russian as the Polish loanword blat , a noun signifying "someone who provides an umbrella" or a "cover". [ 8 ]
Volodymyr Zelensky explains meaning behind colours of Ukrainian flag in Netflix special with David Letterman. Source: My Next Guest with David Letterman and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Netflix
All mean "descendant of Peter". This is similar to the use of "-son" or "-sen" in Germanic languages. In East Slavic languages (Belarusian, Russian, Rusyn, and Ukrainian) the same system of name suffixes can be used to express several meanings. One of the most common is the patronymic.
Ukrainian brewer Yuri Zastavny began preparing glass bottles to be used for anti-Russian Molotov cocktails with the English-lettered label "Putin Huylo". [ 49 ] [ 50 ] Ukrainian hackers disabled electric vehicle charging stations in Russia so that instead of providing a charge, the stations display a scrolling message that includes the phrase.