лящ

Ukrainian

лящ (Abramis brama)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lʲaʃt͡ʃ]
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Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *leščь, from *leskati, *leščati, ultimately onomatopoeic. Compare Russian лещ (lešč), Belarusian лешч (lješč), Polish leszcz.

Noun

лящ • (ljašč) m animal (genitive ляща́, nominative plural лящі́, genitive plural лящі́в)

  1. bream, carp bream, common bream (fish of the species Abramis brama, considered the only member of the genus Abramis)
    Synonym: (dialectal) чаба́к m (čabák)
Declension

Etymology 2

Deverbal from ля́скати (ljáskaty), ultimately onomatopoeic.[1]

Noun

лящ • (ljašč) m inan (genitive ляща́, nominative plural лящі́, genitive plural лящі́в)

  1. slap (blow with the open hand)
    Synonyms: ля́панець m (ljápanecʹ), ля́пас m (ljápas)
Declension

References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “лящ2”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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