жемчуг

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic жьмьчюгъ (žĭmĭčjugŭ) (birchbark letter No. 809, 12th c.), from more common жьньчюгъ (žĭnĭčjugŭ) (since 1161), from Bulgar *ǯinǯü (whence also Chuvash ӗнчӗ (ĕnč̬ĕ) and Hungarian gyöngy) with auslaut akin to *ǯinǯüɣä (dat. sg.), from Common Turkic *yinǯü (whence also Old Turkic 𐰖𐰅𐰨𐰇 (yénčü), Kazakh інжу (ınju), Turkish inci etc.), from Middle Chinese 珍珠 (ʈˠiɪn t͡ɕɨo), 真珠 (t͡ɕiɪn t͡ɕɨo, “true pearls”), whence also Mandarin 珍珠 (zhēnzhū).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʐɛmt͡ɕʊk]
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Noun

же́мчуг • (žémčug) m inan (genitive же́мчуга, nominative plural жемчуга́, genitive plural жемчуго́в, relational adjective жемчу́жный)

  1. pearl

Declension
Declension of же́мчуг (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-c irreg) 
singular plural
nominative же́мчуг
žémčug		 жемчуга́△
žemčugá△
genitive же́мчуга
žémčuga		 жемчуго́в
žemčugóv
dative же́мчугу
žémčugu		 жемчуга́м
žemčugám
accusative же́мчуг
žémčug		 жемчуга́△
žemčugá△
instrumental же́мчугом
žémčugom		 жемчуга́ми
žemčugámi
prepositional же́мчуге
žémčuge		 жемчуга́х
žemčugáx

△ Irregular.

Descendants
  • → Erzya: жемчуг (žemčug)
  • → Moksha: шимщуга (šimščuga)
  • → Finnish: simpukka
  • → Karelian: simčukka, šimčukka, simpčukka, zimčukka
  • → Yakut: чөмчүүк (cömcüük)
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