умелец
Russian
Etymology
уме́ть (umétʹ) + -лец (-lec)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʊˈmʲelʲɪt͡s]
Noun
уме́лец • (umélec) m anim (genitive уме́льца, nominative plural уме́льцы, genitive plural уме́льцев, female equivalent уме́лица)
- skilled craftsman/artisan
- jack of all trades
- do-it-himself man, do-it-himselfer
Declension
Declension of уме́лец (anim masc-form ц-stem accent-a reduc)
Related terms
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “уметь”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.