tail
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accomplice
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | хвост (khvost) | |
| lexeme 2 | прихвостень (prikhvosten') | |
| meaning 1 | tail | Конский хвост Horse tail |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | obsequious admirer | Меньшевики - враги пролетариата, прихвостни буржуазии. Mensheviks are enemies of proletariat, hanger-ons of the bourgeoisie. |
| reference | MAS: III, 454 | |
| comment | According to Ushakov: "The one who crouches back, trying to earn smb's good graces and trust with flatter and servility". | |