локш

Russian edit

Etymology edit

From локша́ (lokšá), dialectal form of лапша́ (lapšá, “noodles”). Compare the expression ве́шать лапшу́ на́ уши (véšatʹ lapšú ná uši, “to tell falsehoods”), literally “to hang noodles upon one’s ears”.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ɫokʂ]

Noun edit

локш • (lokš) m inan (genitive ло́кша, nominative plural ло́кши, genitive plural ло́кшей) (criminal slang)

lie, falsehood
failure; futility
hopeless affair, no-win affair
emptiness in the soul

Declension edit

Declension of локш (inan masc-form sibilant-stem accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	ло́кш lókš	ло́кши lókši
genitive	ло́кша lókša	ло́кшей lókšej
dative	ло́кшу lókšu	ло́кшам lókšam
accusative	ло́кш lókš	ло́кши lókši
instrumental	ло́кшем lókšem	ло́кшами lókšami
prepositional	ло́кше lókše	ло́кшах lókšax

Derived terms edit

локш хлеба́ть (lokš xlebátʹ)