Russian

Noun

ма́сленица • ‎(máslenica) f inan ‎(genitive ма́сленицы, nominative plural ма́сленицы, genitive plural ма́слениц)

1. Shrovetide, Pancake week (the week before Lent, seven weeks before Easter)
2. feast

   не житьё, а масленица‎ ― ne žitʹjó, a maslenica ― a bed of roses; living high on the hog

   не всё коту масленица, придёт и великий пост‎ ― ne vsjó kotu maslenica, pridjót i velikij post ― good things don’t last forever (after dinner comes the reckoning)

Declension

Derived terms

• ма́сленичный ‎(másleničnyj)

See also

• блин ‎(blin)

References

• Trubačev O. N., editor (1990), “*maslěnica”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 17, Moscow: Nauka, page 223