different between copying vs samizdat

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?pi??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?pi??/
• Hyphenation: copy?ing

Verb

copying

1. present participle of copy

Noun

copying (countable and uncountable, plural copyings)

1. (countable) an instance of the making of a copy
2. (uncountable) the practice of making one or more copies

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ????????? (samizdát, “self-publishing”), from ??? (sam, “self”) + ?????? (izdát), an abbreviation of ????????????? (izdátel?stvo, “publishing house, publishing”) (compare Russian ????????? (Gosizdát, “State Publisher”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sæm?zdæt/, /s?m?z?dæt/
• Hyphenation: sa?miz?dat

Noun

samizdat (countable and uncountable, plural samizdats)

1. (uncountable, often attributive) The secret copying and sharing of illegal publications, chiefly in the Soviet Union; underground publishing and its publications. [from 1950s.]
2. (countable) A samizdat publication.

Usage notes

Often italicized as a foreign term not fully naturalized.

Synonyms

• samvydav
• zine

Related terms

• samizdatchik

Translations

See also

• booklegging

Further reading

• samizdat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Polish

Etymology

From Russian ????????? (samizdát, “self-publishing”), from ??? (sam, “self”) + ?????? (izdát), an abbreviation of ????????????? (izdátel?stvo, “publishing house, publishing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa?m?iz.dat/

Noun

samizdat m inan

1. (historical) samizdat (underground publishing)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) samizdatowy

Further reading

• samizdat in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• samizdat in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

samizdat m (plural samizdats)

1. (uncountable) samizdat (underground publishing in the Soviet Union)
2. samizdat (a samizdat publication)