чухна
Russian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old East Slavic чухно (čuxno), from чудь (čudĭ) with an expressive suffix -хно (-xno). For the suffix compare given names Михно́ (Mixnó), Яхно́ (Jaxnó), Махно́ (Maxnó), Юхно́ (Juxnó).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
чухна́ • (čuxná) m anim or f anim (genitive чухны́, nominative plural чу́хны, genitive plural чу́хон, relational adjective чухо́нский)
- (derogatory) member of the various Finnic peoples living near Saint Petersburg
- Synonym: чухо́нец (čuxónec)
Declension edit
Declension of чухна́ (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-d reduc)
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:чухна.
Descendants edit
References edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “чухна”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress