махорка

Russian
махорка

Etymology

Modification of *амерфо́ртский (*amerfórtskij, “Amersfoort (relational)”) + -ка (-ka), from the Dutch city of Amersfoort, known for its tobacco industries.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [mɐˈxorkə]

Noun

махо́рка • (maxórka) f inan (genitive махо́рки, nominative plural махо́рки, genitive plural махо́рок)

  1. A coarse, strong type of tobacco, makhorka (Nicotiana rustica)

Declension
Declension of махо́рка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 
singular plural
nominative махо́рка
maxórka		 махо́рки
maxórki
genitive махо́рки
maxórki		 махо́рок
maxórok
dative махо́рке
maxórke		 махо́ркам
maxórkam
accusative махо́рку
maxórku		 махо́рки
maxórki
instrumental махо́ркой, махо́ркою
maxórkoj, maxórkoju		 махо́рками
maxórkami
prepositional махо́рке
maxórke		 махо́рках
maxórkax

Descendants
  • → English: makhorka
  • → Finnish: mahorkka
  • → Ingrian: mahorkka

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