икра

Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьkrā, from Proto-Indo-European *ikʷ(e)r- (“fish egg”).

Noun

икра • (ikra) f

1. roe (fish eggs)

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Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьkrā, from Proto-Indo-European *ikʷ(e)r- (“fish egg”).

Compare Proto-Indo-European to etymology of English roe (“fish eggs”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɪˈkra]

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Noun

икра́ • (ikrá) f inan (genitive икры́, nominative plural и́кры, genitive plural икр)

1. (only singular) roe, spawn (of fish), also small eggs of frogs or other amphibia

   мета́ть икру́ ― metátʹ ikrú ― to spawn

2. (only singular) caviar (as food)

   зерни́стая икра́ ― zernístaja ikrá ― soft caviar

   ке́товая икра́ ― kétovaja ikrá ― red caviar, ikra

   у́стричная икра́ ― ústričnaja ikrá ― spat

3. (figuratively, only singular) paste (dish of mushrooms or vegetables minced into small particles)

   баклажа́нная икра́ ― baklažánnaja ikrá ― aubergine paste

   кабачко́вая икра́ ― kabačkóvaja ikrá ― marrow paste

   грибна́я икра́ ― gribnája ikrá ― mushroom paste

4. (usually in the plural) calf of the leg, (musculus gastrocnemius) gastrocnemius muscle

   игра́ть и́крами

   igrátʹ íkrami

   to repeatedly quickly tense and relax the calves of the legs

   (literally, “to play with the calves”)

5. (obsolete) drifting ice floe (especially on a river)

Declension

Declension of икра́ (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-d) 

	singular	plural
nominative	икра́ ikrá	и́кры íkry
genitive	икры́ ikrý	и́кр íkr
dative	икре́ ikré	и́крам íkram
accusative	икру́ ikrú	и́кры íkry
instrumental	икро́й, икро́ю ikrój, ikróju	и́крами íkrami
prepositional	икре́ ikré	и́крах íkrax

Descendants

• Korean: 이크라 (ikeura)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ikra, *jьkrā, from Proto-Indo-European *ikʷ(e)r- (“fish egg”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /îkra/
• Hyphenation: и‧кра

Noun

и̏кра f (Latin spelling ȉkra)

1. (uncountable) roe (fish)
2. (uncountable) caviar

Declension

Declension of икра

	singular
nominative	икра
genitive	икре
dative	икри
accusative	икру
vocative	икро
locative	икри
instrumental	икром