ухо

From Proto-Slavic *uxo, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws.

• IPA^(key): [oˈxɔ]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -xɔ
• Syllabification^(key): у‧хо
• Hyphenation^(key): ухо

ухо́ • (uhó) n

1. ear (the organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea)
2. eye (a hole at the blunt end of a needle through which thread is passed)
3. ear (that which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; a prominence or projection on an object, usually for support or attachment; a lug; a handle; a foot-rest or step of a spade or a similar digging tool)
4. mouldboard

Inherited from Old Slovak ucho, from Proto-Slavic *uxo. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn ухо (uxo) and Slovak ucho.

• IPA^(key): [ˈuxɔ]
• Rhymes: -uxɔ
• Hyphenation: ухо

ухо (uxo) n (diminutive ушко, relational adjective ухови)

1. ear (organ of hearing)
2. ear, handle (of cups, mugs, etc.)

   Near-synonym: ручка (ručka)

3. (in the plural) gills (breathing organ of fish)

   Synonyms: жабри (žabri), ушка (uška)

• Note that unlike in various other Slavic languages, the plural form is уха (uxa) rather than уши (uši).

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “ухо”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M.; Šlemender, M.; Čelʹovski, S. (2022), “ear”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 95

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *uxo, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws. Cognate with Old Armenian ունկն (unkn), Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐍃𐍉 (ausō), Ancient Greek οὖς (oûs), Latin auris, Persian هوش (huš, hôš, “intellect”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈuxə]

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у́хо • (úxo) n inan (genitive у́ха, nominative plural у́ши, genitive plural уше́й, relational adjective ушно́й, diminutive у́шко or ушко́)

1. ear

   прикла́дывать/приложи́ть часы́ к у́ху ― prikládyvatʹ/priložítʹ časý k úxu ― to put a watch to one's ear

   • 1872, Фёдор Достоевский, “Часть 1. Глава 2. Принц Гарри. Сватовство”, in Бесы; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Demons, 1994:

     Старичок вдруг почувствовал, что Nicolas, вместо того чтобы прошептать ему какой-нибудь интересный секрет, вдруг прихватил зубами и довольно крепко стиснул в них верхнюю часть его уха.

     Staričok vdrug počuvstvoval, što Nicolas, vmesto tovo štoby prošeptatʹ jemu kakoj-nibudʹ interesnyj sekret, vdrug prixvatil zubami i dovolʹno krepko stisnul v nix verxnjuju častʹ jevo uxa.

     The old man suddenly felt that, instead of whispering some interesting secret to him, Nicolas had suddenly caught the upper part of his ear in his teeth and clamped it quite firmly.

Compound words:

Compounds:

• From ушко́ (uškó):
  • за ушко́ да на со́лнышко (za uškó da na sólnyško)

Phrases

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ухо”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “ухо”, 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.

• у̏во (Serbia)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *uxo, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws.

• IPA^(key): /ûxo/
• Hyphenation: у‧хо

у̏хо n (Latin spelling ȕho)

1. (Bosnia, Croatia) ear
2. (Bosnia, Croatia) eye (of a needle)

• “ухо”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026