кукиш

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkukʲɪʂ]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

ку́киш • (kúkišm inan (genitive ку́киша, nominative plural ку́киши, genitive plural ку́кишей)

  1. rude gesture in which the hand makes a fist and the thumb is stuck between the index and middle fingers; indicates nothing for you, nuts to you
    Synonyms: фи́га (fíga), шиш (šiš), ду́ля (dúlja)

Declension

Descendants

  • Karelian: kukko

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “кукиш”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “кукиш”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 450
    • See: Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “кука”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Shansky, N. M., editor (1982), “кукиш”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, number 8 (К), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 434
  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004), “кукиш”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa

Further reading