coukaski
Franklin Sciacca
fsciacca at HAMILTON.EDU
Thu Mar 1 15:12:32 UTC 2012
I have a request from a Voltaire specialist. He inquires about the
meaning of "coukaski" in the following sentence (which is apparently a
Voltaire comment on the use of the word instructeur in a line to a
satirical poem entitled Le Russe a Paris:
"Peu de nos Auteurs se sont servis du mot instructeur qui manque a notre
langue. On voit bien que c’est un Russe qui parle. Ce terme repond a
celui de coukaski, qui est tres energique en sclavon. "
Any thoughts?
Frank
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Franklin Sciacca
Associate Professor of Russian
Program in Russian Studies
Hamilton College
198 College Hill Road
Clinton, New York 13323
315-859-4773
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