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кошмар

/[kɐʂˈmar]/
Russiannounintj

Definitions

  1. 1.
    nightmare
  2. 2.
    disaster, horror (something extremely unpleasant)
  3. 3.
    it's terrible!

Synonyms & related words

Word family
  • кошма́рный
Synonyms
  • у́жас
  • пизде́ц
  • абза́ц

Etymology

Connected to French cauchemar, from Middle French cauchemare, from Old French cauquemare. First element from Latin calcare (“I trample, tread on”); second element from Middle Dutch mare (“phantom, spirit, nightmare”), from Proto-Germanic *marǭ (“nightmare, incubus”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to die”). See cauchemar.

Forms

  • кошма́рcanonical • inanimate • masculine
  • košmárromanization
  • кошма́раgenitive
  • кошма́рныйadjective • relational
  • кошма́ръalternative
Nominative
Singular
кошма́р
Plural
кошма́ры
Genitive
Singular
кошма́ра
Plural
кошма́ров
Dative
Singular
кошма́ру
Plural
кошма́рам
Accusative
Singular
кошма́р
Plural
кошма́ры
Instrumental
Singular
кошма́ром
Plural
кошма́рами
Prepositional
Singular
кошма́ре
Plural
кошма́рах

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