how to pronounce лентяй

/lʲɪnʲˈtʲæj/

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лентяй is pronounced in two syllables

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lʲ

nʲ

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tʲ

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An example use of лентяй in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… навальный хам скандалисты лентяй но есть …”

meanings of лентяй

noun:

Lazybones, loafer, idler, slacker, sluggard.

лентяй frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word лентяй occurs in russian on average 0.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.