Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic чухно (čuxno), from чудь (čudĭ) with an expressive suffix -хно (-xno). For the suffix compare given names Михно́ (Mixnó), Яхно́ (Jaxnó), Махно́ (Maxnó), Юхно́ (Juxnó).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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чухна́ (čuxnám anim or f anim (genitive чухны́, nominative plural чу́хны, genitive plural чу́хон, relational adjective чухо́нский)

  1. (derogatory) member of the various Finnic peoples living near Saint Petersburg; especially Estonians or Finnish people
    Synonym: чухо́нец (čuxónec)

Declension

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Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:чухна.

Descendants

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  • Finnish: tsuhna, tšuhna, suhna
  • Ingrian: cuhna

References

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