ячмень

From Proto-Slavic *(j)ęčьmy. Cognate with Russian ячме́нь (jačménʹ).

• IPA^(key): [jat͡ʂˈmʲenʲ]

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ячме́нь • (jačmjénʹ) m inan (genitive ячме́ню, uncountable)

1. barley

• “ячмень” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Inherited from Old East Slavic ꙗчьмꙑ (jačĭmy), from Proto-Slavic *(j)ęčьmy. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἀκοστή (akostḗ, “barley”), Latin acus (“needle”) and Old English ahar (“corn-ear”).

• IPA^(key): [(j)ɪt͡ɕˈmʲenʲ]

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ячме́нь • (jačménʹ) m inan (genitive ячменя́, nominative plural ячмени́, genitive plural ячмене́й)

1. barley (annual temperate grasses of the species Hordeum vulgare or its grain used in making food and beverages)
2. stye (bacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid)

• ячменёк (jačmenjók)
• ячменный (jačmennyj)

• → Abaza: ячмень (jaćmenʲ)
• → Svan: ჭჷმინ (č̣əmin)

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