жемчуг
Russian
editEtymology
editInherited from Old East Slavic жьмьчюгъ (žĭmĭčjugŭ) (birchbark letter No. 809, 12th c.), from more common жьньчюгъ (žĭnĭčjugŭ) (since 1161), from Bulgar *ǯinǯü (whence also Chuvash ӗнчӗ (ĕnč̬ĕ) and Hungarian gyöngy) with auslaut akin to *ǯinǯüɣä (dat. sg.), from Common Turkic *yinǯü (whence also Old Turkic 𐰖𐰅𐰨𐰇 (yénčü), Kazakh інжу (ınju), Turkish inci etc.), from Middle Chinese 珍珠 (ʈˠiɪn t͡ɕɨo), 真珠 (t͡ɕiɪn t͡ɕɨo, “true pearls”), whence also Mandarin 珍珠 (zhēnzhū).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editже́мчуг • (žémčug) m inan (genitive же́мчуга, nominative plural жемчуга́, genitive plural жемчуго́в, relational adjective жемчу́жный)
Declension
editDeclension of же́мчуг (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-c irreg)
Related terms
edit- жемчу́жина (žemčúžina, noun)
- жемчу́жница (žemčúžnica, noun)
Descendants
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- Russian terms inherited from Old East Slavic
- Russian terms derived from Old East Slavic
- Russian terms derived from Bulgar
- Russian terms derived from Common Turkic
- Russian terms derived from Middle Chinese
- Russian 2-syllable words
- Russian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Russian terms with audio links
- Russian lemmas
- Russian nouns
- Russian masculine nouns
- Russian inanimate nouns
- Russian velar-stem masculine-form nouns
- Russian velar-stem masculine-form accent-c nouns
- Russian nouns with accent pattern c
- Russian nouns ending in a consonant with plural -а
- Russian irregular nouns
- Russian nouns with irregular nominative plural
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