икра
Macedonian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *jьkrā, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ikrā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *yékʷr̥.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈikra]
- Hyphenation: ик‧ра
Noun
икра • (ikra) f (plural икри)
- roe (fish eggs)
- caviar
- (usually in the plural) calf of the leg, (musculus gastrocnemius) gastrocnemius muscle
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
indefinite | икра | икри |
definite unspecified | икрата | икрите |
definite proximal | икрава | икриве |
definite distal | икрана | икрине |
vocative | икро | икри |
See also
- риба f (riba)
References
- “икра” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
Old Ruthenian
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Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic икра́ (ikrá), from Proto-Slavic *jьkrà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ikrāˀ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hyékʷr̥, from *Hyekʷ-. Cognate with Russian икра́ (ikrá), Old Church Slavonic икра (ikra).
Noun
и҆кра̀ • (ikrá) f inan
- caviar, roe
Descendants
- Belarusian: ікра́ (ikrá, “caviar, roe”)
- Rusyn: икра́ (ykrá, “caviar, roe”)
- Ukrainian: ікра́ (ikrá, “caviar, roe; cow udder”)
- ⇒ Ukrainian: ікри́ця f (ikrýcja, “caviar, roe”) (obsolete, dialectal)
- ⇒ Ukrainian: гыкра́к m (hykrák, “fish with roe”) (West Polesian dialect)
- ⇒ Ukrainian: кри́ц’а f (krýcʺa, “hard oily clay; cast iron”) (Boyko dialect)
Further reading
- Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “*икра”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 1: А – М, Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 430
- Voitiv, H. V., editor (2006), “икра”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), issue 13 (и – іюнь), Lviv: Krypiakevych I.U.S., →ISBN, page 99
- Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1996), “икра”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 14 (игде – катуючий), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 86
- Tymchenko, E. K. (2002), “икра”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст.: у 2-х кн. [Materials for the Dictionary of the Written and Book Ukrainian Language of the 15ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ cc.: in 2 bks.] (Пам'ятки української мови) (in Ukrainian), volume 1: А – Н, Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 347
Russian
Etymology
From Old East Slavic икра (ikra), from Proto-Slavic *jьkrā, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ikrā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *yékʷr̥.[1] Compare the semantic development of English roe; however, this is not an etymological cognate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɪˈkra]
Audio (file)
Noun
икра́ • (ikrá) f inan (genitive икры́, nominative plural и́кры, genitive plural икр)
- (only singular) roe, spawn (of fish), also small eggs of frogs or other amphibia
- мета́тьикру́ ― metátʹ ikrú ― to spawn
- (only singular) caviar (as food)
- зерни́стаяикра́ ― zernístaja ikrá ― soft caviar
- ке́товаяикра́ ― kétovaja ikrá ― red caviar, ikra
- у́стричнаяикра́ ― ústričnaja ikrá ― spat
- (figuratively, only singular) paste (dish of mushrooms or vegetables minced into small particles)
- баклажа́ннаяикра́ ― baklažánnaja ikrá ― aubergine paste
- кабачко́ваяикра́ ― kabačkóvaja ikrá ― marrow paste
- грибна́яикра́ ― gribnája ikrá ― mushroom paste
- (usually in the plural) calf of the leg, (musculus gastrocnemius) gastrocnemius muscle
- игра́тьи́крами
- igrátʹ íkrami
- to repeatedly quickly tense and relax the calves of the legs
- (literally, “to play with the calves”)
- (obsolete) drifting ice floe (especially on a river)
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | икра́ ikrá | и́кры íkry |
genitive | икры́ ikrý | и́кр íkr |
dative | икре́ ikré | и́крам íkram |
accusative | икру́ ikrú | и́кры íkry |
instrumental | икро́й, икро́ю ikrój, ikróju | и́крами íkrami |
prepositional | икре́ ikré | и́крах íkrax |
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | икра́ ikrá | и́кры íkry |
genitive | икры́ ikrý | и́кръ íkr |
dative | икрѣ́ ikrě́ | и́крамъ íkram |
accusative | икру́ ikrú | и́кры íkry |
instrumental | икро́й, икро́ю ikrój, ikróju | и́крами íkrami |
prepositional | икрѣ́ ikrě́ | и́крахъ íkrax |
Descendants
- Japanese: イクラ (ikura, “salmon roe”)
- → Indonesian: ikura
- Korean: 이크라 (ikeura)
References
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 504, partial translation
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *jьkra, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ikrā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *yékʷr̥.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /îkra/
- Hyphenation: и‧кра
Noun
и̏кра f (Latin spelling ȉkra)
- (uncountable) roe (fish)
- (uncountable) caviar
Declension
singular | |
---|---|
nominative | икра |
genitive | икре |
dative | икри |
accusative | икру |
vocative | икро |
locative | икри |
instrumental | икром |