чешуя

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *češuja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɪʂʊˈja]

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Noun

чешуя́ • (češujá) f inan (genitive чешуи́, nominative plural чешуи́, genitive plural чешу́й, diminutive чешу́йка)

1. scales (of fish, reptiles, etc.)

Declension

Declension of чешуя́ (inan fem-form vowel-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	чешуя́ češujá	чешуи́ češuí
genitive	чешуи́ češuí	чешу́й češúj
dative	чешуе́ češujé	чешуя́м češujám
accusative	чешую́ češujú	чешуи́ češuí
instrumental	чешуёй, чешуёю češujój, češujóju	чешуя́ми češujámi
prepositional	чешуе́ češujé	чешуя́х češujáx

Meronyms

• чешу́йка f (češújka)

Derived terms

• чешуекры́лое (češujekrýloje), чешуекры́лый (češujekrýlyj)
• чешу́йчатый (češújčatyj)

Related terms

• чеса́ть impf (česátʹ)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “чешуя”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “чешуя”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 389
• Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “чешуя”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
• Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “чешуя”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 484
• Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “чесать”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 481