помои

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See also: помой

Russian

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Etymology

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Related to Bulgarian поми́я (pomíja, sewage, swill, slops), Polish pomyje (slops, swill), Old Church Slavonic помꙑѩ (pomyję). By surface analysis, по- (po-) +‎ -мои (-moi), combining form of Russian мыть (mytʹ, to wash).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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помо́и (pomóim inan pl (genitive помо́ев, plural only, relational adjective помо́йный)

  1. swill, slops (mixture of solid and liquid food scraps)
  2. swill, slops, lap (any disgusting or distasteful food, weak and distasteful drink)

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “помои”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress