чуваш

See also: чуващ

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃu̟vɐʃ]

Verb

чу́ваш • (čúvaš)

1. second-person singular present indicative of чу́вам (čúvam)

Russian

Etymology

Attested early 16th century in the obsolete form чюваши m pl (čjuvaši). Borrowed from Turkic whence modern Chuvash чӑваш (čăvaš, “Chuvash”), Tatar чуаш (çuwaş, “Chuvash”), and Eastern Mari суас (suas, “Tatar”). In the 16th and 17th century the Russian term may have referred to a social estate rather than a particular ethnicity. Further etymology uncertain; there are a number of hypotheses.

• According to Vasmer, from Proto-Turkic *yabaĺč (“quiet, peaceful, slow”) (compare modern Turkish yavaş).
• According to Clauson, perhaps related to Old Turkic 𐱃𐰉𐰍𐰲 (Tabγač), a Turkic name for a Xianbei clan in inner China, the Tuoba.
• According to Ashmarin, from the Sabir or Suar people, a Turkic group mentioned in Byzantine and Arabic sources.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʊˈvaʂ]
• Rhymes: -aʂ

Noun

чува́ш • (čuváš) m anim (genitive чуваша́, nominative plural чуваши́, genitive plural чуваше́й, feminine чува́шка)

1. a Chuvash

Declension

Declension of чува́ш (anim masc-form sibilant-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	чува́ш čuváš	чуваши́ čuvaší
genitive	чуваша́ čuvašá	чуваше́й čuvašéj
dative	чувашу́ čuvašú	чуваша́м čuvašám
accusative	чуваша́ čuvašá	чуваше́й čuvašéj
instrumental	чувашо́м čuvašóm	чуваша́ми čuvašámi
prepositional	чуваше́ čuvašé	чуваша́х čuvašáx

Related terms

• чува́шский (čuvášskij)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “чуваш”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Clauson, Gerard (2002) Studies in Turkic and Mongolic Linguistics, 2nd edition, London: RoutledgeCurzon, →ISBN, page 23