чуваш

See also: чуващ

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃu̟vɐʃ]

Verb

чу́ваш • (čúvaš)

1. second-person singular present indicative of чу́вам (čúvam)

Russian

Etymology

Attested early 16th century in the obsolete form чюваши m pl (čjuvaši). Borrowed from Turkic whence modern Chuvash чӑваш (čăvaš, “Chuvash”), Tatar чуаш (çuwaş, “Chuvash”), and Eastern Mari суас (suas, “Tatar”). In the 16th and 17th century the Russian term may have referred to a social estate rather than a particular ethnicity. Further etymology uncertain; there are a number of hypotheses.

• According to Vasmer, from Proto-Turkic *yabaĺč (“quiet, peaceful, slow”) (compare modern Turkish yavaş).
• According to Clauson, perhaps related to Old Turkic 𐱃𐰉𐰍𐰲 (Tabγač), a Turkic name for a Xianbei clan in inner China, the Tuoba.
• According to Ashmarin, from the Sabir or Suar people, a Turkic group mentioned in Byzantine and Arabic sources.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʊˈvaʂ]
• Rhymes: -aʂ

Noun

чува́ш • (čuváš) m anim (genitive чува́ша or чуваша́, nominative plural чува́ши or чуваши́, genitive plural чува́шей or чуваше́й, feminine чува́шка)

1. a Chuvash

Declension

Declension of чува́ш (anim masc-form sibilant-stem accent-a/b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	чува́ш čuváš	чува́ши, чуваши́ čuváši, čuvaší
genitive	чува́ша, чуваша́ čuváša, čuvašá	чува́шей, чуваше́й čuvášej, čuvašéj
dative	чува́шу, чувашу́ čuvášu, čuvašú	чува́шам, чуваша́м čuvášam, čuvašám
accusative	чува́ша, чуваша́ čuváša, čuvašá	чува́шей, чуваше́й čuvášej, čuvašéj
instrumental	чува́шем, чувашо́м čuvášem, čuvašóm	чува́шами, чуваша́ми čuvášami, čuvašámi
prepositional	чува́ше, чуваше́ čuváše, čuvašé	чува́шах, чуваша́х čuvášax, čuvašáx

Related terms

• чува́шский (čuvášskij)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “чуваш”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Clauson, Gerard (2002) Studies in Turkic and Mongolic Linguistics, 2nd edition, London: RoutledgeCurzon, →ISBN, page 23