ирбис

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Mongolian ᠢᠷᠪᠢᠰ (irbis), modern ирвэс (irves), from Proto-Mongolic *irbis, from Proto-Common Turkic *irbiš whence within the distribution of the animal Uzbek ilvirs, Uyghur يىلپىز (yilpiz), Kyrgyz илбирс (ilbirs), Kazakh ілбіс (ılbıs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈirbʲɪs]

Noun

и́рбис • (írbism inan (genitive и́рбиса, nominative plural и́рбисы, genitive plural и́рбисов, relational adjective и́рбисовый)

  1. snow leopard

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: irbis
  • Belarusian: і́рбіс (írbis)
  • Czech: irbis
  • English: irbis
  • Georgian: ირბისი (irbisi)
  • German: Irbis
  • Lithuanian: irbis
  • Nogai: ирбис (irbis)
  • Polish: irbis
  • Romanian: irbis
  • Slovak: irbis
  • Ukrainian: і́рбіс (írbis)

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Common Turkic *irbiš. Cognate to Kyrgyz илбирс (ilbirs), Kazakh ілбіс (ılbıs), Kumyk илбис (ilbis), иблис (iblis), Uzbek ilvirs, Uyghur يىلپىز (yilpiz), etc.

Noun

ирбис • (irbis)

  1. leopard

Declension

Inflection of ирбис
singular plural
absolute ирбис (irbis) ирбистер (irbister)
definite genitive ирбистиҥ (irbistiŋ) ирбистердиҥ (irbisterdiŋ)
dative ирбиске (irbiske) ирбистерге (irbisterge)
definite accusative ирбисти (irbisti) ирбистерди (irbisterdi)
locative ирбисте (irbiste) ирбистерде (irbisterde)
ablative ирбистеҥ (irbisteŋ) ирбистердеҥ (irbisterdeŋ)

References

  • Sevortjan, E. V. (1974), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Nauka, page 346
  • Tenišev E. R., editor (2001), Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: Leksika [Comparative Historical Grammar of Turkic Languages: Lexis] (in Russian), volume 4, Moscow: Nauka, pages 156, 157