сын полка

Russian
Сын полка. Сталинград, 1943.

Etymology

Perhaps ultimately from Donizetti's La fille du régiment (1840). Popularized by Valentin Kataev's eponymous novella (1945).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [sɨn pɐɫˈka]

Noun

сын полка́ • (syn polká) m anim (genitive сы́на полка́, nominative plural сыновья́ полка́ or сыны́ полка́*, genitive plural сынове́й полка́ or сыно́в полка́*, feminine дочь полка́) (* Poetic)

  1. an orphan boy adopted by a military unit; an orphan child camp follower; literally, “son of a regiment”

Declension

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