Jump to content

чугуний

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Russian

[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]
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕʊˈɡunʲɪj]

Noun

[edit]

чугу́ний (čugúnijm inan (genitive чугу́ния, nominative plural чугу́нии, genitive plural чугу́ниев)

  1. (colloquial, humorous) cast iron
  2. (military slang, uncountable) iron bombs, dumb bombs

Declension

[edit]