лещ
Appearance
See also: леш
Russian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- лещъ (lešč) — pre-1918 spelling
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *leščь. Cognate with Polish leszcz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]лещ • (lešč) m anim or m inan (genitive леща́, nominative plural лещи́, genitive plural леще́й, diminutive ле́щик)
- bream
- 1903, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], “chapter II”, in Невеста, Санкт-Петербург: Журнал для всех; English translation from Robert Payne, transl., The Bride, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963:
- Была́ среда́, день по́стный, и потому́ ба́бушке пода́ли по́стный борщ и леща́ с ка́шей.
- Bylá sredá, denʹ póstnyj, i potomú bábuške podáli póstnyj boršč i leščá s kášej.
- It was Wednesday, a fast day, and Granny was served meatless borshch and bream with porridge.
- (vernacular) slap in the face, box on the ear
Declension
[edit]Declension of лещ (bian masc-form sibilant-stem accent-b)
Derived terms
[edit]- лещева́тый (leščevátyj), лещева́тость f (leščevátostʹ)
- подле́щик m anim (podléščik)
- Phrases
- дать леща́ pf (datʹ leščá)
References
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “лещ”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “лещ”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 479
Further reading
[edit]- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “леша”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
- Kuznetsov, Sergey Alexandrovich (1998), “лещ”, in Большой толковый словарь русского языка [Great Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Norint, →ISBN
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