пах

See also: пях

Belarusian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pax]

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Noun

пах • (pax) m inan (genitive па́ху, nominative plural па́хі, genitive plural па́хаў)

1. smell, scent, odour

   Synonym: за́пах (zápax)

2. perfume, fragrance (a pleasant smell)

   Synonyms: во́дар (vódar), арама́т (aramát)

Declension

Declension of пах (inan velar masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	пах pax	па́хі páxi
genitive	па́ху páxu	па́хаў páxaŭ
dative	па́ху páxu	па́хам páxam
accusative	пах pax	па́хі páxi
instrumental	па́хам páxam	па́хамі páxami
locative	па́ху páxu	па́хах páxax
count form	—	па́хі1 páxi1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

Derived terms

• па́хнуць (páxnucʹ)

References

• “пах” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Chechen

Etymology

Akin to Ingush пехк (pexk).

Noun

пах • (pax) class bd

1. lung

References

• Nichols, Johanna, Vagapov, Arbi (2004) “пах”, in Chechen–English and English–Chechen Dictionary, London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon, page 374

Russian

Alternative forms

• пахъ (pax) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pax]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *paxъ, *paxa. Compare Ukrainian паха́ (paxá), Bulgarian пах (pah), Czech pach, Polish pacha

Vasmer proposes as well a connection with Sanskrit पक्ष (pakṣa, “(bird)wing”)

Noun

пах • (pax) m inan (genitive па́ха, nominative plural *пахи́, genitive plural *пахо́в, relational adjective па́ховый)

1. groin

Declension

Declension of пах (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-c) 

	singular	plural
nominative	па́х páx	*пахи́ *paxí
genitive	па́ха páxa	*пахо́в *paxóv
dative	па́ху páxu	*паха́м *paxám
accusative	па́х páx	*пахи́ *paxí
instrumental	па́хом páxom	*паха́ми *paxámi
prepositional	па́хе páxe	*паха́х *paxáx
locative	в паху́ v paxú

Further reading

• пах in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru

Etymology 2

Verb

пах • (pax)

1. short masculine singular past indicative imperfective of па́хнуть (páxnutʹ)