крыша
Russian
editEtymology
editInherited from Old East Slavic [Term?], from Proto-Slavic *kryša, from *kryti (“to cover, hide”) + *-ša (< *-sja).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editкры́ша • (krýša) f inan (genitive кры́ши, nominative plural кры́ши, genitive plural крыш, diminutive кры́шка or кры́шечка)
- roof
- Synonym: кро́вля (króvlja)
- подводи́ть/подвести́ дом под кры́шу ― podvodítʹ/podvestí dom pod krýšu ― to roof the house
- (figuratively) house, dwelling place
- Synonym: дом (dom)
- (colloquial, figuratively) head, mind
- (criminal slang) someone who provides protection or cover; the protection that is provided
- 1999, Виктор Пелевин, Generation «П», Вагриус; English translation from Andrew Bromfield, transl., Homo Zapiens, Penguin Books, 2000:
- Вре́мя от вре́мени к ларьку́ подходи́ли начина́ющие банди́ты и лома́ющимися голоса́ми тре́бовали де́нег за свою́ кры́шу.
- Vrémja ot vrémeni k larʹkú podxodíli načinájuščije bandíty i lomájuščimisja golosámi trébovali déneg za svojú krýšu.
- From time to time novice bandits would come up to the kiosk and demand money for their protection in squeaky, still-breaking voices.
Declension
editDeclension of кры́ша (inan fem-form sibilant-stem accent-a)
Pre-reform declension of кры́ша (inan fem-form sibilant-stem accent-a)
Derived terms
edit- кры́шка (krýška)
- вы́ше кры́ши (výše krýši)
- кры́ша пое́хала (krýša pojéxala)
- крышева́ть (kryševátʹ)
Descendants
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- ru:Crime
- Russian criminal slang
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- Russian sibilant-stem feminine-form accent-a nouns
- Russian nouns with accent pattern a
- ru:Housing
- ru:Roofing
- ru:Rooms