подтяжки

Russian

Etymology

Compare typologically French soutien, soutien-gorge, whence Bulgarian сутиен (sutien) (from Latin sustineō, distantly cognate via Proto-Indo-European *ten-, also note the correspondence of prefixes Latin sub-, Russian под- (pod-)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɐˈtʲːaʂkʲɪ]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

подтя́жки • (podtjážkif inan pl (genitive подтя́жек, plural only)

  1. suspenders, braces, galluses (for trousers)

Declension

Noun

подтя́жки • (podtjážkif inan or f inan pl

  1. inflection of подтя́жка (podtjážka):
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative plural