гиря
Russian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old East Slavic гыря (gyrja). Cognate with Ukrainian ги́ря (hýrja), Belarusian гіря (hirja). Vasmer connects it to the root of гвор (gvor, “bladder, tumor”), ultimately PIE *gʷreh₂- (“heavy”). The phonology is difficult and may show Iranian influence (Proto-Indo-Iranian *gr̥Húš, modern Persian گران (gerân, “heavy”)).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ги́ря • (gírja) f inan (genitive ги́ри, nominative plural ги́ри, genitive plural гирь)
- weight for measuring
- kettlebell, girya
Declension edit
Related terms edit
- гирево́й (girevój)
Descendants edit
References edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гиря”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Ukrainian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old East Slavic гыря (gyrja). Cognate with Russian ги́ря (gírja), Belarusian гіря (hirja).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ги́ря • (hýrja) f inan (genitive ги́рі, nominative plural ги́рі, genitive plural гир)
- weight (for measuring)
- kettlebell, girya
- (dialectal, derogatory) a head, esp. a shaved one
Declension edit
Declension of ги́ря (inan soft fem-form accent-a)
References edit
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “гиря”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “гиря”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN