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Words of the Brothers Karamazov · 203 headwords

Each word with its meanings, its forms, and the lines it stands in.

а то

otherwise; for 5 times

то, а

conjunction (part of а то); conjunction (first half of idiom); particle (second half of idiom)

"а то" is an idiom meaning "otherwise/for".

аблакат

a law-twister once

аблакат

Folk mispronunciation of 'адвокат' used contemptuously.

абсолютный

absolute 3 times

абсолютным, абсолютное, абсолютного

adjective, instrumental, masculine, singular; adjective, accusative, neuter, singular; adjective, genitive, masculine, singular

Агафья

Agafya; for Agafya 14 times

Агафья, Агафьей, Агафьи, Агафью

proper noun, nominative, feminine, singular; proper noun, instrumental, feminine, singular; proper noun, genitive, feminine, singular

Аграфена

Agrafena 17 times

Аграфена, Аграфене, Аграфены, Аграфену

proper noun, nominative, feminine, singular; proper noun, genitive, feminine, singular; proper noun, locative, feminine, singular

адвокат

a lawyer; the lawyer; lawyer 17 times

адвокат, адвоката, Адвокат, адвокатом, адвокаты, адвокату

noun, nominative, masculine, singular; noun, instrumental, masculine, singular; noun, accusative, masculine, singular

«перебежать в адвокаты» is an idiom ("go over into lawyers") that keeps the noun in the nominative plural rather than the accusative.

аделаида

Adelaida; Adelaida's; of Adelaida 6 times

Аделаиду, Аделаиды

proper noun, accusative, feminine, singular; proper noun, genitive, feminine, singular

ай-люли

fiddle; de-dee twice

ай, люли

ай-люли is a nonsense folk-song refrain, roughly 'fiddle-de-dee'.

аксиома

an axiom; axioms; axiom 7 times

аксиома, аксиомой, аксиомы, аксиому

noun, nominative, feminine, singular; noun, instrumental, feminine, singular; noun, accusative, feminine, plural

акт

act; deed; transaction 11 times

акт, акта

noun, genitive, masculine, singular; noun, accusative, masculine, singular; noun, nominative, masculine, singular

актёр

actors; an actor; the actors 5 times

актер, актеров, актеры

noun, nominative, masculine, singular; noun, accusative, masculine, plural; noun, nominative, masculine, plural

Алёшка

Alyoshka; Alyosha 8 times

Алешку, Алешка

proper noun, accusative, masculine, singular; proper noun, nominative, masculine, singular

Алёшка is a masculine nickname despite its feminine-looking -а ending.

александрович

Alexandrovich; Alexandrovitch; Alexandrovich's 40 times

Александрович, Александровича, Александровичу, Александровичем, Александровиче

proper noun, nominative, masculine, singular; proper noun, genitive, masculine, singular; proper noun, dative, masculine, singular

Александрович

Alexandrovich; Alexandrovitch 14 times

Александрович, Александровичем

proper noun, nominative, masculine, singular; proper noun, vocative, masculine, singular; proper noun, instrumental, masculine, singular

Александровна

Alexandrovna; Aleksandrovna 16 times

Александровна, Александровне, Александровны, Александровну

proper noun, nominative, feminine, singular; proper noun, genitive, feminine, singular; proper noun, nominative, feminine, singular (patronymic)

Алексей

Alexei; Alexey; Alexei's 63 times

Алексей, Алексея, Алексеем, Алексею, Алексее

proper noun, nominative, masculine, singular; proper noun, genitive, masculine, singular; proper noun, accusative, masculine, singular

алкать

did I crave; to one who hungered twice

алкал, алчущей

verb, past, indicative, active, masculine, singular, imperfective; verb, present active participle, feminine, singular, dative, imperfective

Church Slavonic-style participle 'the hungering one', dative.

аль

or; Or; am I not 56 times

аль, Аль, али, Али

conjunction; particle; conjunction (dialectal, = или)

Dialectal form of или, 'or'.

Америка

America; to America 11 times

Америку, Америке, Америка

proper noun, accusative, feminine, singular; proper noun, locative, feminine, singular; proper noun, nominative, feminine, singular

анализ

analysis; of analysis; by the analysis 4 times

анализа, анализ, анализом

noun, genitive, masculine, singular; noun, accusative, masculine, singular; noun, instrumental, masculine, singular

анафема

anathema 5 times

анафема, Анафема, анафему

noun, nominative, feminine, singular; noun, accusative, feminine, singular

Tokenizer artifact from an HTML entity split; the actual text is just the exclamation "Анафема"

ангельский

angelic 7 times

ангельская, ангельский, ангельскою, ангельским

adjective, nominative, feminine, singular; adjective, accusative, masculine, singular; adjective, nominative, masculine, singular

английский

English 3 times

английскою, английских, английском

adjective, instrumental, feminine, singular; adjective, genitive, plural; adjective, locative, masculine, singular

андрей

Andrey; Andrei; for Andrei 30 times

Андрей, Андрея, Андрею, Андрее

proper noun, nominative, masculine, singular; proper noun, accusative, masculine, singular; proper noun, dative, masculine, singular

Анна

Anna; the Order of St. Anne 4 times

Анна, Анну, Анной

proper noun, nominative, feminine, singular; proper noun, accusative, feminine, singular; proper noun, instrumental, feminine, singular

Анна here names the Order of St. Anne, a military decoration worn on a ribbon — not a woman.

антракт

the intervals; the breaks; the intermission 3 times

антрактах, антракте

noun, locative, masculine, plural; noun, locative, masculine, singular

Анфим

Anfim 3 times

Анфим, Анфиму

proper noun, nominative, masculine, singular; proper noun, dative, masculine, singular

аплодировать

applauded; to applaud; had (they) applauded 8 times

аплодировала, аплодировать, аплодировали, Аплодировали

verb, past, indicative, active, plural, imperfective; verb, past, indicative, active, singular, imperfective; verb, active, infinitive, imperfective

арестант

a prisoner; convict; prisoners' 7 times

арестант, арестанта, арестантам, арестантами

noun, nominative, masculine, singular; noun, dative, masculine, plural; noun, genitive, masculine, singular

арестовать

arrested; they arrested; arrest 9 times

арестован, арестовали, Арестовали, арестуйте, арестованного, арестованы, арестующих

verb, past, indicative, active, plural, perfective; verb, past, passive, participle, masculine, singular, perfective; verb, imperative, active, second, plural, perfective

аршин

arshins; an arshin; of an arshin 6 times

аршин, аршина

noun, genitive, masculine, plural; noun, genitive, masculine, singular; noun, accusative, masculine, singular

An arshin is an old Russian unit of length, about 28 inches.

атом

an atom; atoms; Atoms 3 times

атом, атомы, Атомы

noun, nominative, masculine, plural; noun, nominative, masculine, singular

афон

Athos; Mount Athos 4 times

Афоне, Афон

proper noun, locative, masculine, singular; proper noun, accusative, masculine, singular

аффект

temporary insanity; a fit; a state of insanity 23 times

аффект, аффекте, аффекта

noun, nominative, masculine, singular; noun, locative, masculine, singular; noun, accusative, masculine, singular

«аффект» is the legal/psychiatric term for a fit of passion that diminishes criminal responsibility — rendered here as 'temporary insanity.'

ахинея

nonsense; rubbish 9 times

ахинею, ахинея, ахинеи, ахинее

noun, accusative, feminine, singular; noun, nominative, feminine, singular; noun, genitive, feminine, singular

ахинея = nonsense, gibberish (colloquial).

аще

if; that 4 times

аще, Аще

subordinating conjunction; subordinating conjunction (Church Slavonic 'if')

Church Slavonic conjunction "if."

après

after once

après

French: 'après moi le déluge' — 'after me, the flood.'

Seen once or twice

абсурд

absurdity; an absurdity twice

август

of August once

авраам

Abraham twice

авраамово

of Abraham once

автодафе

auto-da-fé once

автомат

an automaton once

ага

Aha; aha twice

агаша

Agasha twice

аглицкий

English once

Агриппина

Agrippina twice

адам

Adam once

адвокатишка

little lawyers once

адвокатский

advocate's once

административный

administrative once

адов

of hell once

ажно

so that once

азартный

heated once

азият

the Asiatics once

ай да

bravo twice

академик

academic once

академия

Academy; academy twice

аквариум

an aquarium once

аким

Akim once

аккомпанировать

accompanying once

аккорд

the chord twice

аккуратно

punctually twice

аккуратность

conscientiousness once

акрида

locusts twice

акриды

locusts twice

аксессуар

an accessory once

актёрский

play-acting once

активный

active once

актриса

an actress once

акцент

accent once

александр

Alexander twice

Александр

Alexander once

александровну

Alexandrovna once

алексеевна

Alekseyevna's once

Алексейчик

little Alexey twice

Алешенька

Alyoshenka twice

алешечка

Alyoshechka once

аллегорически

allegorically once

аллегорический

allegorical twice

аллегория

an allegory once

алмаз

a diamond once

алтарь

altars once

альбом

album twice

амбиция

pretension; ambition twice

американец

an American once

американка

American woman once

американский

American once

аметистовый

amethyst once

амур

love affairs once

ан

well then; but lo twice

анархизм

anarchism once

анархист

anarchists once

анатомировать

dissect once

ангелочек

little angel once

англичанин

Englishmen twice

Андреев

Andrey's once

андреев

Andrei's once

анонимно

anonymously; anonymous twice

анонимный

anonymous once

антипатия

antipathies once

апеллировать

to appeal once

аплодисмент

applause; the applause twice

апокрифический

apocryphal once

апофеоз

apotheosis once

апрель

of April once

аптека

chemist's once

арабский

Arabian once

Арбенин

Arbenin once

арбуз

watermelons; watermelon twice

аргументация

argument once

арендовать

rented once

арестантский

convict's; prisoners' twice

арестованный

the arrested man; the arrested twice

арифметика

arithmetic twice

аркада

the arcade once

аркан

a lasso once

армейский

army once

артист

an artist; the artist twice

артистически

artfully once

архангел

the archangel; the archangels twice

Архив

the Archive once

архимандрит

as archimandrite once

архиподлец

an arch-scoundrel once

архитектор

architect once

архиультрамонтанство

arch-ultramontanism once

ассимилировать

assimilating once

астроном

astronomers once

атеизм

of atheism once

атеистический

an atheistic; atheistic twice

атлетический

athletic once

аттестовать

will report; report twice

аудиенция

an audience once

аутодафе

autos-da-fé; auto-da-fé twice

афанасий

Afanasy once

Афон

Athos twice

афоризм

aphorism twice

ахать

sigh once

ахнуть

gasped once

a

from once

académicien

an academician once

affaire

affair once

ah

Ah twice

alienum

alien once

avec

with once

avoir

is once

The particulars

The words
Every word of the text, parsed: its headword, its form and its meaning in the line. Source text: public domain (Fyodor Dostoevsky, d. 1881; Russian from the Nauka academic edition via ru.wikisource).
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