уха
Russian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old East Slavic уха (uxa), from Proto-Slavic *juxa, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yew(ǝ)- (“to blend, mix (food), knead”). Cognates include Latin ius (whence English juice), Ancient Greek ζύμη (zúmē) (whence Russian энзи́м (enzím, “enzyme, ferment”)), Proto-Germanic *justaz, Sanskrit यूष (yūṣa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʊˈxa]
Noun
уха́ • (uxá) f inan (genitive ухи́, uncountable, diminutive уши́ца)
- ukha, a Russian fish soup
- 1859, Иван Гончаров [Ivan Goncharov], “Часть 4. Глава 6”, in Обломов; English translation from Marian Schwartz, transl., Oblomov, New York: Seven Stories Press, 2008:
- Обло́мову по́дали уху́, а ему́ суп с крупо́й и варёного цыплёнка[...]
- Oblómovu pódali uxú, a jemú sup s krupój i varjónovo cypljónka[...]
- Oblomov was served ukha, and he was served soup with groats and boiled chicken[...]
Declension
Related terms
- ю́шка f (júška)
See also
- Демьянова уха on the Russian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ru
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “уха”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “юха”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “уха”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 296
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “уха”, 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.
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈuxə]
Noun
у́ха • (úxa) n inan
- genitive singular of у́хо (úxo)