чухна

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic чухно (čuxno), from чудь (čudĭ) with an expressive suffix -хно (-xno). For the suffix compare given names Михно́ (Mixnó), Яхно́ (Jaxnó), Махно́ (Maxnó), Юхно́ (Juxnó).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕʊxˈna]

Noun

чухна́ • (čuxná) m anim or f anim (genitive чухны́, nominative plural чу́хны, genitive plural чу́хон, relational adjective чухо́нский)

  1. (derogatory) member of the various Finnic peoples living near Saint Petersburg
    Synonym: чухо́нец (čuxónec)

Declension
Declension of чухна́ (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-d reduc) 
singular plural
nominative чухна́
čuxná		 чу́хны
čúxny
genitive чухны́
čuxný		 чу́хон
čúxon
dative чухне́
čuxné		 чу́хнам
čúxnam
accusative чухну́
čuxnú		 чу́хон
čúxon
instrumental чухно́й, чухно́ю
čuxnój, čuxnóju		 чу́хнами
čúxnami
prepositional чухне́
čuxné		 чу́хнах
čúxnax

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:чухна.

Descendants
  • → Finnish: tsuhna, tšuhna, suhna
  • → Ingrian: cuhna

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