irbis

See also: Irbis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian и́рбис (írbis).

Noun

irbis (plural not attested)

1. (uncommon) snow leopard (large feline mammal, Uncia uncia, native to mountain ranges of central Asia)
   • 1893, John Martin Crawford, U.S. Consul General to Russia, transl., The Industries of Russia, volumes 5: Siberia and the Great Siberian Railway, St Petersburg, Chapter VI. The Kirghiz Steppe Region, page 83 ^GB:

     The tiger and the irbis (felis irbis) reach the northern limit of their distribution in the reeds of Balkhash, but occasionally stray northward into the neighbourhood of the Alatau.

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian и́рбис (írbis).

Noun

irbis m anim

1. snow leopard (large feline mammal, Uncia uncia, native to mountain ranges of central Asia)

Declension

Declension of irbis (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	irbis	irbisi, irbisové
genitive	irbisa	irbisů
dative	irbisovi, irbisu	irbisům
accusative	irbisa	irbisy
vocative	irbise	irbisi, irbisové
locative	irbisovi, irbisu	irbisech
instrumental	irbisem	irbisy

Polish

irbis

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English irbis, French irbis, Russian и́рбис (írbis), ultimately from Classical Mongolian ᠢᠷᠪᠢᠰ (irbis), from Proto-Mongolic *irbis, from Common Turkic *irbiš.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈir.bis/

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• Rhymes: -irbis
• Syllabification: ir‧bis

Noun

irbis m animal

1. snow leopard, irbis (Panthera uncia)

   Synonyms: irbis śnieżny, pantera śnieżna

Declension

Declension of irbis

	singular	plural
nominative	irbis	irbisy
genitive	irbisa	irbisów
dative	irbisowi	irbisom
accusative	irbisa	irbisy
instrumental	irbisem	irbisami
locative	irbisie	irbisach
vocative	irbisie	irbisy

Further reading

• irbis in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• irbis in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Irbis.

Noun

irbis m (plural irbiși)

1. snow leopard (Panthera uncia)

Declension

Declension of irbis

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	irbis	irbisul		irbiși	irbișii
genitive-dative	irbis	irbisului		irbiși	irbișilor
vocative	irbisule			irbișilor

Spanish

Noun

irbis m (plural irbis)

1. snow leopard

Further reading

• Manuel Seco, Olimpia Andrés, Gabino Ramos (2023 August 3) “irbis”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]