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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ǫgъrinъ, Old East Slavic угринъ (ugrinŭ), plural угре (ugre), doublet of венгр (vengr) and уго́рец (ugórec) (dated or dialectal). Cognates include Old Church Slavonic ѫгринъ (ǫgrinŭ), plural ѫгре (ǫgre), Polish Węgier or Węgrzyn.

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈuɡrʲɪn]
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Noun

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у́грин (úgrinm anim (genitive у́грина, nominative plural у́гры, genitive plural у́гров, feminine у́гринка or уго́рка)

  1. (archaic) a Hungarian person
    Synonyms: венгр (vengr), мадья́р (madʹjár), уго́рец (ugórec)
  2. (usually in the plural, rare in the singular) Ugric person
    Synonym: угр (ugr)

Declension

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “угрин”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress