спекулянт

• IPA^(key): [spʲɪkʊˈlʲant]

спекуля́нт • (spekuljánt) m anim (genitive спекуля́нта, nominative plural спекуля́нты, genitive plural спекуля́нтов, female equivalent 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)

• спекули́ровать impf (spekulírovatʹ)
• спекуля́ция f (spekuljácija)

• → Dargwa: испакулан (ispakulan)

Perhaps from German Spekulant, along with спекуля́ція (spekuljácija) from German Spekulation.

• IPA^(key): [spekʊˈlʲant]

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спекуля́нт • (spekuljánt) m pers (genitive спекуля́нта, nominative plural спекуля́нти, genitive plural спекуля́нтів, female equivalent спекуля́нтка)

1. (business, finance) speculator
2. profiteer, scalper (one who seeks profit by selling goods on at inflated prices)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1978), “спекулянт”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 9 (С), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 498
• “спекулянт”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[2]

• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “спекулянт”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “спекулянт”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “спекулянт”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “спекулянт”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua, Slovnyk.ua]‎^[3]