"чекист" meaning in Russian

See чекист in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [t͡ɕɪˈkʲist] Audio: Ru-чекист.ogg
Rhymes: -ist Etymology: From Чека́ (Čeká) + -и́ст (-íst). Etymology templates: {{af|ru|Чека́|-и́ст}} Чека́ (Čeká) + -и́ст (-íst) Head templates: {{ru-noun+|чеки́ст|a=an|f=чеки́стка}} чеки́ст • (čekíst) m anim (genitive чеки́ста, nominative plural чеки́сты, genitive plural чеки́стов, feminine чеки́стка) Forms: чеки́ст [canonical], čekíst [romanization], чеки́ста [genitive], чеки́сты [nominative, plural], чеки́стов [genitive, plural], чеки́стка [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], чеки́ст [nominative, singular], чеки́сты [nominative, plural], чеки́ста [genitive, singular], чеки́стов [genitive, plural], чеки́сту [dative, singular], чеки́стам [dative, plural], чеки́ста [accusative, singular], чеки́стов [accusative, plural], чеки́стом [instrumental, singular], чеки́стами [instrumental, plural], чеки́сте [prepositional, singular], чеки́стах [plural, prepositional]
  1. (historical) Chekist; an agent of the Cheka, the Soviet Russian secret police from 1917 to 1922, replacing the Okhrana secret police of Tsarist Russia; succeeded by the OGPU and NKVD Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-чекист-ru-noun-xyBiS6oI Categories (other): Russian nouns with accent pattern a, Russian terms suffixed with -ист, History Disambiguation of Russian nouns with accent pattern a: 58 42 Disambiguation of Russian terms suffixed with -ист: 47 53 Disambiguation of History: 58 42
  2. (by extension, metonymic) KGB man, FSB agent; a national security official employed by any of the state security intelligence agencies of the Soviet Union or Russian Federation Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-чекист-ru-noun-eej~qPbC Categories (other): Russian metonyms, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Russian entries with incorrect language header, Russian links with redundant alt parameters, Russian links with redundant wikilinks, Russian terms suffixed with -ист, Communism, Politics, Russian politics, Soviet Union Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 64 Disambiguation of Russian entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of Russian links with redundant alt parameters: 43 57 Disambiguation of Russian links with redundant wikilinks: 41 59 Disambiguation of Russian terms suffixed with -ист: 47 53 Disambiguation of Communism: 36 64 Disambiguation of Politics: 35 65 Disambiguation of Russian politics: 25 75 Disambiguation of Soviet Union: 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Всероссийская чрезвычайная комиссия (Vserossijskaja črezvyčajnaja komissija), ВЧК (VČK), Чека́ (Čeká), ЧК (ČK)
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            "2": "tchékiste",
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            "2": "cekista",
            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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          "name": "desc"
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            "2": "tchekista",
            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
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            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ Ukrainian: чекі́ст (čekíst)"
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Чека́ (Čeká) + -и́ст (-íst).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "чеки́ст",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čekíst",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "чеки́ста",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "чеки́сты",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "чеки́стов",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "чеки́стка",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ru-noun-table",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hard-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "accent-a",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "чеки́ст",
      "roman": "čekíst",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "чеки́сты",
      "roman": "čekísty",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "чеки́ста",
      "roman": "čekísta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "чеки́стов",
      "roman": "čekístov",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "чеки́сту",
      "roman": "čekístu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "чеки́стам",
      "roman": "čekístam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "чеки́ста",
      "roman": "čekísta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "чеки́стов",
      "roman": "čekístov",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "чеки́стом",
      "roman": "čekístom",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "чеки́стами",
      "roman": "čekístami",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "чеки́сте",
      "roman": "čekíste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "prepositional",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "чеки́стах",
      "roman": "čekístax",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "prepositional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "чеки́ст",
        "a": "an",
        "f": "чеки́стка"
      },
      "expansion": "чеки́ст • (čekíst) m anim (genitive чеки́ста, nominative plural чеки́сты, genitive plural чеки́стов, feminine чеки́стка)",
      "name": "ru-noun+"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "Vserossijskaja črezvyčajnaja komissija",
      "word": "Всероссийская чрезвычайная комиссия"
    },
    {
      "roman": "VČK",
      "word": "ВЧК"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Čeká",
      "word": "Чека́"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ČK",
      "word": "ЧК"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Russian terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Chekist; an agent of the Cheka, the Soviet Russian secret police from 1917 to 1922, replacing the Okhrana secret police of Tsarist Russia; succeeded by the OGPU and NKVD"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Chekist",
          "Chekist"
        ],
        [
          "agent",
          "agent"
        ],
        [
          "Cheka",
          "Cheka"
        ],
        [
          "Soviet",
          "Soviet"
        ],
        [
          "Russian",
          "Russian"
        ],
        [
          "secret police",
          "secret police"
        ],
        [
          "Tsarist",
          "Tsarist"
        ],
        [
          "Russia",
          "Russia"
        ],
        [
          "NKVD",
          "NKVD"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) Chekist; an agent of the Cheka, the Soviet Russian secret police from 1917 to 1922, replacing the Okhrana secret police of Tsarist Russia; succeeded by the OGPU and NKVD"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Russian metonyms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "KGB man, FSB agent; a national security official employed by any of the state security intelligence agencies of the Soviet Union or Russian Federation"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "KGB",
          "KGB"
        ],
        [
          "FSB",
          "FSB"
        ],
        [
          "national security",
          "national security"
        ],
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ],
        [
          "security",
          "security"
        ],
        [
          "intelligence agencies",
          "intelligence agencies"
        ],
        [
          "Soviet Union",
          "Soviet Union"
        ],
        [
          "Russian Federation",
          "Russian Federation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension, metonymic) KGB man, FSB agent; a national security official employed by any of the state security intelligence agencies of the Soviet Union or Russian Federation"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕɪˈkʲist]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Ru-чекист.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/34/Ru-%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82.ogg/Ru-%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Ru-%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ist"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Chekism",
    "ru:чекист"
  ],
  "word": "чекист"
}

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    "чекист"
  ],
  "section": "Russian",
  "subsection": "noun",
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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: by extension, metonymic",
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