чугуний
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]чугу́н (čugún) -ий (-ij), literally, “cast ironium”, humorously modeled on element names such as алюми́ний (aljumínij, “aluminium/aluminum”), ма́гний (mágnij, “magnesium”), etc. Originally, from a Soviet-era military joke; one variation is as follows:
— На погрузку люминя становись! — Не люминь, а алюминий. — А самый умный идёт грузить чугуний.
- — Na pogruzku ljuminja stanovisʹ! — Ne ljuminʹ, a aljuminij. — A samyj umnyj idjót gruzitʹ čugunij.
- “Men, line up to load the luminum!” “Commander, it's not luminum, it's aluminium.” “And the clever fellow will be loading the cast ironium.”
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]чугу́ний • (čugúnij) m inan (genitive чугу́ния, nominative plural чугу́нии, genitive plural чугу́ниев)
Declension
[edit]Declension of чугу́ний (inan masc-form i-stem accent-a)
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