шиш

• IPA^(key): [ʂɨʂ]

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• Rhymes: -ɨʂ

17th century; perhaps from French chiche (“stingy, niggardly; also "I dare you!"”).

шиш • (šiš) m inan (genitive шиша́, nominative plural шиши́, genitive plural шише́й)

1. rude gesture in which the hand makes a fist and the thumb is stuck between the index and middle fingers, which indicates "nothing for you, nuts to you"

   Synonyms: фи́га (fíga), ду́ля (dúlja), ку́киш (kúkiš)

Not the same vulgar meaning that this gesture has in Western European countries such as Germany.

• ни шиша́ (ni šišá)

Compounds:

• шиш да мале́нько (šiš da malénʹko)

Phrases

• на каки́е шиши́ (na kakíje šiší)

Etymology uncertain. Sometimes theorized to be of Turkic origin; compare Turkish şişmek (“to swell, to fatten”). This is dismissed by Vasmer as a mere coincidence.

шиш • (šiš) m anim (genitive шиша́, nominative plural шиши́, genitive plural шише́й, diminutive шишо́к)

1. (mythology, somewhat dated) devil, demon

   Synonyms: бес (bes), чёрт (čort)

   • 1924/1993, G. Lysenko, M. Serowa, Новгородские сказки:

     Уси́лась ба́ба шишу́ на́ спину, за рога́ ухвати́лась

     Usílasʹ bába šišú ná spinu, za rogá uxvatílasʹ

     The broad got on the devil's back, (and) grasped the horns

Etymology uncertain.

шиш • (šiš) m anim (genitive шиша́, nominative plural шиши́, genitive plural шише́й)

1. (dated) A highwayman

   Synonyms: варнак (varnak), разбойник (razbojnik)

• → Estonian: siss
• → Finnish: sissi

• Епишкин, Николай Иванович (2010), “шиш”, in Исторический словарь галлицизмов русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Словарное издательство ЭТС
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “шиш”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “шишара”, 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.

From Proto-Turkic *sīĺ. Cognate to Kyrgyz шиш (şiş), Bashkir шеш (şeş), etc.

шиш • (šiš)

1. skewer, spit

• тиш (tiš)

• Axmetʹjanov, R. G. (2015), “ШЕШ”, in Татар теленең этимологик сүзлеге / Этимологический словарь татарского языка [Tatar etymological dictionary] (in Tatar), volume 2, Kazan: Magarif-Vakyt, →ISBN, page 488