irbis
See also: Irbis
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian и́рбис (írbis).
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Noun edit
irbis (plural not attested)
- (uncommon) snow leopard (large feline mammal, Uncia uncia, native to mountain ranges of central Asia)
- 1893, John Martin Crawford, U.S. Consul General to Russia, transl., The Industries of Russia, volumes 5: Siberia and the Great Siberian Railway, St Petersburg, Chapter VI. The Kirghiz Steppe Region, page 83 GB:
- The tiger and the irbis (felis irbis) reach the northern limit of their distribution in the reeds of Balkhash, but occasionally stray northward into the neighbourhood of the Alatau.
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian и́рбис (írbis).
Noun edit
irbis m anim
- snow leopard (large feline mammal, Uncia uncia, native to mountain ranges of central Asia)
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Polish edit
Etymology edit
Internationalism; compare English irbis, French irbis, Russian и́рбис (írbis), ultimately from Classical Mongolian ᠢᠷᠪᠢᠰ (irbis), from Proto-Mongolic *irbis, from Common Turkic *irbiš.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
irbis m animal
- snow leopard, irbis (Panthera uncia)
- Synonyms: irbis śnieżny, pantera śnieżna
Declension edit
Declension of irbis
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
irbis m (plural irbiși)
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Spanish edit
Noun edit
irbis m (plural irbis)