Russian

Noun

това́рищ • ‎(továrišč) m anim ‎(genitive това́рища, nominative plural това́рищи, genitive plural това́рищей, feminine това́рка)

1. comrade, friend (male or female)
2. mate, companion, pal (male or female)
3. colleague, assistant (male or female)
4. classmate, fellow student (male or female)
5. A common word used to address countrymen in the soviet era (male or female)

Declension

Derived terms

• по-това́рищески ‎(po-továriščeski)
• сотова́рищ m ‎(sotovárišč)
• това́рищеский ‎(továriščeskij)
• това́рищество n ‎(továriščestvo)
• тов. ‎(tov.)

Descendants

• English: tovarish
• Finnish: toveri

References

1. ↑ Rusistika: The Russian Journal of the Association for Language Learning, vol. 11-14. The Association, 1995. page 17.