дикарь
dikar'
The English phrase 'savage' can be translated into Russian as дикарь (dikar').
дикарь is used as a noun to refer to a person who is barbaric or not civilized. It can also be used informally to describe someone with rough manners or someone behaving outrageously. Related terms include the verb набрасываться, which means to attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint and the nouns бунта́рь or бунта́рка, which refer to an aggressively defiant person.
Meaning: barbaric, not civilized (adj)
Which one should you use?
While дикарь functions as the noun for a 'savage', the adjective used to describe something as 'barbaric' is дикий.
Related words
How does it change in a sentence?
The noun дикарь changes to дикаря in the genitive case, and its plural form is дикари.
How do you pronounce it?
dikar'
Did you know?
- The expression дико is frequently used as an intensifier meaning 'extremely' or 'very', such as saying something is дико интересно to mean 'wildly interesting'.
- The noun дикарь uses the suffix -арь, which is also found in words for professions like бухгалтер or аптекарь, treating 'savagery' as a defining characteristic or 'trade'.
- If you describe a party or an event as дикий, you are saying it was 'crazy' or 'wild' in a high-energy, chaotic way.
Examples in context
- Молодой человек, который ни разу не плакал, дикарь, а старик, который не смеётся, глупец.The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a fool.This sentence is useful for seeing how дикарь is used to characterize a person.Tatoeba #4916224 by maks, translation #19576 by RJH
- Он ведёт себя как настоящий дикарь.On vedyot sebya kak nastoyashchiy dikar'.He behaves like a real savage.
Example conversation
Maria and Alexander are discussing a rude person they met.
- Мария MariaТы видел, как он с ними разговаривал?Ty videl, kak on s nimi razgovarival?Did you see how he talked to them?
- Александр AleksandrДа, он просто настоящий дикарь.Da, on prosto nastoyashchiy dikar.Yes, he is just a real savage.
- Мария MariaСовершенно нет никаких манер.Sovershenno net nikakikh maner.Absolutely no manners at all.
- Александр AleksandrСогласен, это было очень грубо.Soglasen, eto bylo ochen' grubo.I agree, that was very rude.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
