щёголь
Russian edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain; perhaps related to щего́л (ščegól, “goldfinch”) or Polish szczególny (“special, particular”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
щёголь • (ščógolʹ) m anim (genitive щёголя, nominative plural щёголи, genitive plural щёголей)
Declension edit
Declension of щёголь (anim masc-form soft-stem accent-a)
References edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “щёголь”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress