пах

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• IPA^(key): [pax]

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пах • (pax) m inan (genitive па́ху, nominative plural па́хі, genitive plural па́хаў)

1. smell, scent, odour

   Synonym: за́пах (zápax)

2. perfume, fragrance (a pleasant smell)

   Synonyms: во́дар (vódar), арама́т (aramát)

• па́хнуць (páxnucʹ)

• “пах” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *pax. Cognates include Ingush пехк (pexk).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaχ/

пах • (pax) class bd

1. lung

• пахъ (pax) — pre-1918 spelling

• IPA^(key): [pax]

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *paxъ, *paxa. Compare Ukrainian паха́ (paxá), Bulgarian пах (pah), Czech pach, Polish pacha

Vasmer proposes as well a connection with Sanskrit पक्ष (pakṣa, “(bird)wing”)

пах • (pax) m inan (genitive па́ха, nominative plural *пахи́, genitive plural *пахо́в, relational adjective па́ховый)

1. groin
   • 2005, Сергей Кузнецов [Sergey Kuznetsov], chapter 22, in Шкурка бабочки, Москва: Эксмо; English translation from Andrew Bromfield, transl., Butterfly Skin, London: Titan Books, 2014:

     Влад хло́пает по своему́ па́ху, хло́пает ухо́женной руко́й, так похо́жей на О́лину.

     Vlad xlópajet po svojemú páxu, xlópajet uxóžennoj rukój, tak poxóžej na Ólinu.

     Vlad slapped his own crotch, slapped it with a well-groomed hand so much like Olya’s hand.

• Kuznetsov, Sergey Alexandrovich (1998), “пах”, in Большой толковый словарь русского языка [Great Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Norint, →ISBN

пах • (pax)

1. short masculine singular past indicative imperfective of па́хнуть (páxnutʹ)

• IPA^(key): [pax]

Inherited from Old Ruthenian пахъ (pax). Deverbal from па́хнути (páxnuty). Compare Belarusian пах (pax) and Czech pach.

пах • (pax) m inan (genitive па́ха, nominative plural па́хи, genitive plural па́хів)

1. smell, scent, aroma, odor

   Synonyms: за́пах (zápax), арома́т (aromát), па́хощі (páxošči), дух (dux), по́вів (póviv)

Inherited from Old East Slavic пахъ (paxŭ), from Proto-Slavic *paxъ. Cognate with Russian пах (pax) and Polish pacha.

пах • (pax) m inan (genitive па́ха, nominative plural па́хи, genitive plural па́хів, relational adjective па́ховий)

1. (anatomy) groin

Onomatopoeic.

пах • (pax) m inan (genitive па́ха, nominative plural па́хи, genitive plural па́хів)

1. pow (the sound of an explosion or gunshot)

   Synonyms: ба́х (báx), баба́х (babáx)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “пах”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “пах”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “пах”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]
• “пах”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “пах”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua, Slovnyk.ua]‎^[2]