Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *uxo, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [oˈxɔ]
  • (file)

Noun edit

ухо́ (uhón

  1. (anatomy) ear
  2. eye (of a needle)
  3. lug (a part of something which sticks out, used as a handle or support)
  4. mouldboard

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Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *uxo, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws. Cognate with Old Armenian ունկն (unkn), Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐍃𐍉 (ausō), Ancient Greek οὖς (oûs), Latin auris, Persian هوش (huš, hôš, intellect).

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Noun edit

у́хо (úxon inan (genitive у́ха, nominative plural у́ши, genitive plural уше́й, relational adjective ушно́й, diminutive у́шко or ушко́)

  1. ear
    прикла́дывать/приложи́ть часы́ к у́хуprikládyvatʹ/priložítʹ časý k úxuto put a watch to one's ear
    • 1872, Фёдор Достоевский, “Часть 1. Глава 2. Принц Гарри. Сватовство”, in Бесы; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Demons, 1994:
      Старичок вдруг почувствовал, что Nicolas, вместо того чтобы прошептать ему какой-нибудь интересный секрет, вдруг прихватил зубами и довольно крепко стиснул в них верхнюю часть его уха.
      Staričok vdrug počuvstvoval, što Nicolas, vmesto tovo štoby prošeptatʹ jemu kakoj-nibudʹ interesnyj sekret, vdrug prixvatil zubami i dovolʹno krepko stisnul v nix verxnjuju častʹ jevo uxa.
      The old man suddenly felt that, instead of whispering some interesting secret to him, Nicolas had suddenly caught the upper part of his ear in his teeth and clamped it quite firmly.

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Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *uxo, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ûxo/
  • Hyphenation: у‧хо

Noun edit

у̏хо n (Latin spelling ȕho)

  1. (Bosnia, Croatia) ear
  2. (Bosnia, Croatia) eye (of a needle)

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