чмо
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish שמאָק (shmok, “penis”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t͡ɕmo]
Audio: (file)
Noun
чмо • (čmo) n anim (genitive чма, uncountable)
- (slang) jerk, schmuck, schmoe, scoundrel, an unpleasant or detestable person, or a person without morals
- 1999, Andrey Grachov, Ярый против видеопиратов:
- Легко́ отде́лался, па́дла… — заду́мчиво сказа́л Артём, сра́зу помрачне́в, — е́сли бы он мне попа́лся, чмо пога́ное, я бы ему́ так бы́стро не дал умере́ть.
- Lexkó otdélalsja, pádla… — zadúmčivo skazál Artjóm, srázu pomračnév, — jésli by on mne popálsja, čmo pogánoje, ja by jemú tak býstro ne dal umerétʹ.
- "He got off easy, the wretch," Artyom said pensively, immediately turning gloomy. "If I had got my hands on that rotten sonofabitch, I wouldn't have let him die so quickly."
Declension
Related terms
Ukrainian
Etymology
Ultimately from Yiddish שמאָק (shmok, “penis”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t͡ʃmɔ]
Noun
чмо • (čmo) m pers (genitive чма, uncountable)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | чмо čmo |
| genitive | чма čma |
| dative | чмо́ві, чму čmóvi, čmu |
| accusative | чма čma |
| instrumental | чмом čmom |
| locative | чмо́ві, чмі čmóvi, čmi |
| vocative | чмо čmo |
Derived terms
- чмо́шний (čmóšnyj)
References
- Kondratiuk, T. M. (2006), “чмо”, in Словник сучасного українського сленгу [Dictionary of Modern Ukrainian Slang] (in Ukrainian), Kharkiv: Folio, →ISBN, page 327
Further reading
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “чмо”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “чмо”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “чмо”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection][1]
- “чмо”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua, Slovnyk.ua][2]