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]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɨʂ

Noun

мышь • (myšʹ) f anim (genitive мы́ши, nominative plural мы́ши, genitive plural мыше́й, relational adjective мыши́ный, diminutive мы́шка)

  1. mouse (animal)
    полева́я мышьpolevája myšʹfield mouse
    лету́чая мышьletúčaja myšʹbat (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.
  2. (computing) mouse
    компью́терная мышьkompʹjútɛrnaja myšʹcomputer 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.

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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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