полицейский

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Russian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

поли́ция (polícija) +‎ -ский (-skij)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [pəlʲɪˈt͡sɛjskʲɪj]
  • (file)

Adjective[edit]

полице́йский (policéjskij)

  1. (relational) police

Usage notes[edit]

  • In the Soviet Union and many Eastern Bloc states, as well as in some post-Soviet successor states (until 2011 in Russia), the police was known as мили́ция (milícija). As a result, during the Soviet and early post-Soviet period, the term полице́йский (policéjskij) referred mainly to foreign (Western Bloc) or pre-revolutionary police forces.

Declension[edit]

Noun[edit]

полицейский

полице́йский (policéjskijm anim (genitive полице́йского, nominative plural полице́йские, genitive plural полице́йских, feminine полице́йская)

  1. policeman
    • 1975, Братья Стругацкие, “Книга первая. Часть первая. Мусорщик”, in Град обреченный; English translation from Andrew Bromfield, transl., The Doomed City, Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2016:
      Потом от фонаря впереди отделилась неясная фигура, вышла на мостовую, и Андрей, сунув руку под сиденье, вытащил было тяжелую монтировку, но оказалось, что это полицейский, который попросил подбросить его до Капустного переулка.
      Potom ot fonarja vperedi otdelilasʹ nejasnaja figura, vyšla na mostovuju, i Andrej, sunuv ruku pod sidenʹje, vytaščil bylo tjaželuju montirovku, no okazalosʹ, što eto policejskij, kotoryj poprosil podbrositʹ jevo do Kapustnovo pereulka.
      Then a shadowy figure detached itself from a streetlamp and walked out into the road, and Andrei slipped his hand under the seat and pulled out a heavy tire iron, but it turned out to be a policeman, who asked them to give him a lift to Cabbage Lane.

Usage notes[edit]

  • In the Soviet Union and many Eastern Bloc states, as well as in some post-Soviet successor states (until 2011 in Russia), the police was known as мили́ция (milícija). As a result, during the Soviet and early post-Soviet period, the term полице́йский (policéjskij) referred mainly to foreign (Western Bloc) or pre-revolutionary police forces.

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Ingrian: politseiskoi

See also[edit]