ёжик

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ežikъ. By surface analysis, ёж (jož) +‎ -ик (-ik).

• IPA^(key): [ˈjɵʐɨk]

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ёжик • (jóžik) m anim or m inan (genitive ёжика, nominative plural ёжики, genitive plural ёжиков)

1. (animate) diminutive of ёж (jož)
2. (inanimate) crew cut

   подстри́чься/постри́чься ёжиком ― podstríčʹsja/postríčʹsja jóžikom ― to get a crew cut

3. (inanimate) a hot dish, a type of cutlet made from meat and rice

Compounds:

• Rhymed formulas: ёжик, ни головы́ ни но́жек (jóžik, ni golový ni nóžek)

• → Ingrian: jožikka

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “еж”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.