уха

Russian

Уха

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic уха (uxa), from Proto-Slavic *juxa, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yew(ǝ)- (“to blend, mix (food), knead”). Cognates include Latin ius (whence English juice), Ancient Greek ζύμη (zúmē) (whence Russian энзи́м (enzím, “enzyme, ferment”)), Proto-Germanic *justaz, Sanskrit यूष (yūṣa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʊˈxa]

Noun

уха́ • (uxá) f inan (genitive ухи́, uncountable, diminutive уши́ца)

1. ukha, a Russian fish soup

Declension

Declension of уха́ (inan sg-only fem-form velar-stem accent-b) 

	singular
nominative	уха́ uxá
genitive	ухи́ uxí
dative	ухе́ uxé
accusative	уху́ uxú
instrumental	ухо́й, ухо́ю uxój, uxóju
prepositional	ухе́ uxé

Pre-reform declension of уха́ (inan sg-only fem-form velar-stem accent-b) 

	singular
nominative	уха́ uxá
genitive	ухи́ uxí
dative	ухѣ́ uxě́
accusative	уху́ uxú
instrumental	ухо́й, ухо́ю uxój, uxóju
prepositional	ухѣ́ uxě́

Related terms

• ю́шка f (júška)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “уха”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “юха”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “уха”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 296

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈuxə]

Noun

у́ха • (úxa) n inan

1. genitive singular of у́хо (úxo)