мышь
See also: мꙑшь
Russian
Etymology
From Old East Slavic мꙑшь (myšĭ), from Proto-Slavic *myšь (“mouse”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mū́ˀšis, from Proto-Indo-European *múh₂s. The computing term is a semantic loan from English mouse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mɨʂ]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɨʂ
Noun
мышь • (myšʹ) f anim (genitive мы́ши, nominative plural мы́ши, genitive plural мыше́й, relational adjective мыши́ный, diminutive мы́шка)
- mouse (animal)
- полева́я мышь ― polevája myšʹ ― field mouse
- лету́чая мышь ― letúčaja myšʹ ― bat (literally, “flying mouse”)
- Лету́чие мы́ши испо́льзуют ультразву́к для ориенти́рования в полёте. ― Letúčije mýši ispólʹzujut ulʹtrazvúk dlja orijentírovanija v poljóte. ― Bats use ultra-sound for flight navigation.
- (computing) mouse
- компью́терная мышь ― kompʹjútɛrnaja myšʹ ― computer mouse
- Мышь име́ла мно́жество кно́пок, назначе́ния кото́рых он не понима́л. ― Myšʹ iméla mnóžestvo knópok, naznačénija kotóryx on ne ponimál. ― The mouse had a lot of buttons whose purpose he didn't understand.
Declension
Derived terms
- мышело́вка f (myšelóvka)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мышь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “мышь”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 552
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