žerchej

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Upper Sorbian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *žeřuxa from *žerti because the herb “ate away” the mouth, or from Proto-Slavic *režuxa from *režjuxa from *rězati because the herb “cut” the tongue. Cognate to Czech řeřicha (Old Czech řeřucha, and dialectal Czech řeřucha, řežucha, režucha, jeřicha), Slovak žerucha, Polish rzeżucha (Old Polish rzeżucha, żerzucha, rzeżycha, rzerucha, rzerzucha, żerucha), Ukrainian жеру́ха (žerúxa), Russian жеру́ха, режу́ха, резу́ха (žerúxa, režúxa, rezúxa) (the last two pre-1918: рѣжу́ха, рѣзу́ха (rěžúxa, rězúxa)), Serbo-Croatian rèžuha / рѐжуха, rježuha / рјежуха (but usually with Ekavism in Ijekavian), (seemingly obsolete) Slovene reriha, all denoting cruciferous plants.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

žerchej f (genitive singular žerchwje, diminutive žerchwička)

  1. cress, rocket

References[edit]

  • Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “žerchej”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 535
  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “редух”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 206
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