чих

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠴᠢᠬᠢ (čiki)	чих (čix)

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *cïkïn; compare Buryat шэхэн (šexen), Kalmyk чикн (çikn), Dongxiang chigvin and Mogholi ceqin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰix/

Noun

чих • (čix) (Mongolian spelling ᠴᠢᠬᠢ (čiki)); (hidden-n declension)

1. ear

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• чихэвч (čixevč)

Russian

Alternative forms

• чихъ (čix) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕix]

Noun

чих • (čix) m inan (genitive чи́ха, nominative plural чи́хи, genitive plural чи́хов)

1. sneeze, sneezing

   на него́ напа́л чих

   na nevó napál čix

   he had an attack of sneezing

   на ка́ждый чих не наздравствуешься

   na káždyj čix ne nazdravstvuješʹsja

   you can't please everyone

   (literally, “One can't say "bless you" for every sneeze”)

Declension

Declension of чих (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	чи́х číx	чи́хи číxi
genitive	чи́ха číxa	чи́хов číxov
dative	чи́ху číxu	чи́хам číxam
accusative	чи́х číx	чи́хи číxi
instrumental	чи́хом číxom	чи́хами číxami
prepositional	чи́хе číxe	чи́хах číxax

Further reading

• чих in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru