учуг

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Tatar учуг (uçuğ, “string”) in the sixteenth century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʊˈt͡ɕuk]

Noun

учу́г • (učúg) m inan (genitive учу́га, nominative plural учу́ги, genitive plural учу́гов)

1. obstruction build in a river where fish get caught, often of a large and continuous kind that sustains whole populations [used until the beginning of the 19^th century and then largely outlawed]

Declension

Declension of учу́г (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	учу́г učúg	учу́ги učúgi
genitive	учу́га učúga	учу́гов učúgov
dative	учу́гу učúgu	учу́гам učúgam
accusative	учу́г učúg	учу́ги učúgi
instrumental	учу́гом učúgom	учу́гами učúgami
prepositional	учу́ге učúge	учу́гах učúgax

Derived terms

• учу́жный (učúžnyj, “of such a quality”)
• учу́жник (učúžnik, “he who uses such traps”)
• учу́жчик (učúžčik, “he who uses such traps”)

References

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