клеврет

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic клеврѣтъ (klevrětŭ), from Vulgar Latin collivertus, from Latin collibertus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [klʲɪˈvrʲet]

Noun

клевре́т • (klevrét) m anim (genitive клевре́та, nominative plural клевре́ты, genitive plural клевре́тов)

  1. (archaic, literary) minion, accomplice

Declension

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “клеврет”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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