харалуг

Russian

Alternative forms

• харалу́гъ (xaralúg) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Old East Slavic харалугъ (xaralugŭ), not doubted to be Turkic – being present before the Mongol raids –, but controverted if exactly from

• каралык (qaralıq, “blackness”) referring to the black streaks in the sword, derived from Proto-Turkic *kara (“black”)
• or кара (qara, “black”) + олук (oluk, “channel”) referring to the black streaks in the word, from Proto-Turkic *kara (“black”) + Proto-Turkic *oluk (“hollowed-out tree”).
• or relating to the Qarluq stem, settling on iron mines and powerful.
• etc.

Some have related it as a polnoglasie to the name of the Carolingians, карля́ги (karljági), корля́зи (korljázi), короля́зи (koroljázi), but this seems to be a historical phantasy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xərɐˈɫuk]

Noun

харалу́г • (xaralúg) m inan (genitive харалу́га, nominative plural харалу́ги, genitive plural харалу́гов)

1. (historical) Damascus steel, or a type of damask steel used in medieval Rus

   Synonyms: була́т (bulát), дама́ск (damásk)

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	харалу́г xaralúg	харалу́ги xaralúgi
genitive	харалу́га xaralúga	харалу́гов xaralúgov
dative	харалу́гу xaralúgu	харалу́гам xaralúgam
accusative	харалу́г xaralúg	харалу́ги xaralúgi
instrumental	харалу́гом xaralúgom	харалу́гами xaralúgami
prepositional	харалу́ге xaralúge	харалу́гах xaralúgax

Derived terms

• харалу́жный (xaralúžnyj)