See медвежья услуга on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "From медве́жий (medvéžij, “bear's”) + услу́га (uslúga, “service”) - \"bear's service\".\nAccording to Max Vasmer, possibly after Jean de La Fontaine's fable about a bear who broke his owner's head trying to kill a fly, in Russia spread thanks to Ivan Krylov's fable \"The Hermit and the Bear\" (Пусты́нник и медве́дь). The moral being \"an obliging fool is more dangerous than an enemy.\"",
"forms": [
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"form": "медве́жья услу́га",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "medvéžʹja uslúga",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "медве́жьей услу́ги",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "медве́жьи услу́ги",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "медве́жьих услу́г",
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"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
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]
},
{
"form": "ru-noun-table",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "velar-stem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "accent-a",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "медве́жья услу́га",
"roman": "medvéžʹja uslúga",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "медве́жьи услу́ги",
"roman": "medvéžʹi uslúgi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "медве́жьей услу́ги",
"roman": "medvéžʹjej uslúgi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "медве́жьих услу́г",
"roman": "medvéžʹix uslúg",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "медве́жьей услу́ге",
"roman": "medvéžʹjej uslúge",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "медве́жьим услу́гам",
"roman": "medvéžʹim uslúgam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "медве́жью услу́гу",
"roman": "medvéžʹju uslúgu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "медве́жьи услу́ги",
"roman": "medvéžʹi uslúgi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "медве́жьей услу́гой",
"roman": "medvéžʹjej uslúgoj",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "медве́жьею услу́гою",
"roman": "medvéžʹjeju uslúgoju",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "медве́жьими услу́гами",
"roman": "medvéžʹimi uslúgami",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "медве́жьей услу́ге",
"roman": "medvéžʹjej uslúge",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"prepositional",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "медве́жьих услу́гах",
"roman": "medvéžʹix uslúgax",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"prepositional"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "медве́жья",
"2": "+ь",
"3": "_",
"4": "услу́га"
},
"expansion": "медве́жья услу́га • (medvéžʹja uslúga) f inan (genitive медве́жьей услу́ги, nominative plural медве́жьи услу́ги, genitive plural медве́жьих услу́г)",
"name": "ru-noun+"
}
],
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
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{
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"name": "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
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},
{
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}
],
"glosses": [
"disservice, more harm than good (an ill turn or injury)"
],
"id": "en-медвежья_услуга-ru-noun-GKv24kCh",
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"more harm than good",
"more harm than good"
]
],
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"(idiomatic) disservice, more harm than good (an ill turn or injury)"
],
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"Ivan Krylov",
"Jean de La Fontaine",
"Max Vasmer",
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[mʲɪdˈvʲeʐjə ʊsˈɫuɡə]"
}
],
"word": "медвежья услуга"
}
{
"etymology_text": "From медве́жий (medvéžij, “bear's”) + услу́га (uslúga, “service”) - \"bear's service\".\nAccording to Max Vasmer, possibly after Jean de La Fontaine's fable about a bear who broke his owner's head trying to kill a fly, in Russia spread thanks to Ivan Krylov's fable \"The Hermit and the Bear\" (Пусты́нник и медве́дь). The moral being \"an obliging fool is more dangerous than an enemy.\"",
"forms": [
{
"form": "медве́жья услу́га",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "medvéžʹja uslúga",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "медве́жьей услу́ги",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "медве́жьи услу́ги",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "медве́жьих услу́г",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
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},
{
"form": "ru-noun-table",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "velar-stem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "accent-a",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "медве́жья услу́га",
"roman": "medvéžʹja uslúga",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "медве́жьи услу́ги",
"roman": "medvéžʹi uslúgi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "медве́жьей услу́ги",
"roman": "medvéžʹjej uslúgi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "медве́жьих услу́г",
"roman": "medvéžʹix uslúg",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "медве́жьей услу́ге",
"roman": "medvéžʹjej uslúge",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "медве́жьим услу́гам",
"roman": "medvéžʹim uslúgam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "медве́жью услу́гу",
"roman": "medvéžʹju uslúgu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "медве́жьи услу́ги",
"roman": "medvéžʹi uslúgi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "медве́жьей услу́гой",
"roman": "medvéžʹjej uslúgoj",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "медве́жьею услу́гою",
"roman": "medvéžʹjeju uslúgoju",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "медве́жьими услу́гами",
"roman": "medvéžʹimi uslúgami",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "медве́жьей услу́ге",
"roman": "medvéžʹjej uslúge",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"prepositional",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "медве́жьих услу́гах",
"roman": "medvéžʹix uslúgax",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"prepositional"
]
}
],
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"2": "+ь",
"3": "_",
"4": "услу́га"
},
"expansion": "медве́жья услу́га • (medvéžʹja uslúga) f inan (genitive медве́жьей услу́ги, nominative plural медве́жьи услу́ги, genitive plural медве́жьих услу́г)",
"name": "ru-noun+"
}
],
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"pos": "noun",
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{
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"Pages with entries",
"Russian entries with incorrect language header",
"Russian feminine nouns",
"Russian idioms",
"Russian inanimate nouns",
"Russian lemmas",
"Russian links with redundant wikilinks",
"Russian multiword terms",
"Russian nouns",
"Russian nouns with accent pattern a",
"Russian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Russian velar-stem feminine-form accent-a nouns",
"Russian velar-stem feminine-form nouns"
],
"glosses": [
"disservice, more harm than good (an ill turn or injury)"
],
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"disservice",
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],
[
"more harm than good",
"more harm than good"
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],
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"(idiomatic) disservice, more harm than good (an ill turn or injury)"
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"Jean de La Fontaine",
"Max Vasmer",
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[mʲɪdˈvʲeʐjə ʊsˈɫuɡə]"
}
],
"word": "медвежья услуга"
}
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