See also: ашик

Khakas edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian я́щик (jáščik).

Noun edit

ящик (yaşçik)

  1. box, chest

Russian edit

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Etymology edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic аскъ (askŭ) or ꙗскъ (jaskŭ), from Old Norse askr (wooden vessel) or eski (ashen box). See *askaz for cognates.

In the sense of “secret facility”, from the Soviet Union-era rule of keeping the names of such facilities a secret by addressing mail to a post office box number without a name.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈjæɕːɪk]
  • (file)

Noun edit

я́щик (jáščikm inan (genitive я́щика, nominative plural я́щики, genitive plural я́щиков, diminutive я́щичек)

  1. box, case, chest
  2. drawer (in a piece of furniture)
  3. (colloquial, derogatory) idiot box, boob tube (TV set)
  4. (colloquial, dated) secret facility, military facility
    Synonyms: абоне́нтский я́щик (abonéntskij jáščik), почто́вый я́щик (počtóvyj jáščik), режи́мное предприя́тие (režímnoje predprijátije)
  5. (computing, colloquial) Short for электро́нный почто́вый я́щик (elektrónnyj počtóvyj jáščik); (email) inbox

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References edit

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

Ukrainian edit

Etymology edit

From Old East Slavic аскъ (askŭ) or ꙗскъ (jaskŭ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

я́щик (jáščykm inan (genitive я́щика, nominative plural ящики́, genitive plural ящикі́в, diminutive я́щичок)

  1. box, case, chest

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