ширма

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schirm, from Old High German skirm, skerm, from Proto-West Germanic *skirmi. Doublet of экра́н (ekrán).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʂɨrmə]

• Audio:

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Noun

ши́рма • (šírma) f inan (genitive ши́рмы, nominative plural ши́рмы, genitive plural ширм, diminutive ши́рмочка)

1. room divider, divider screen
2. (figurative) screen, front, facade, smokescreen (something used to conceal true actions, motives, or nature)

Declension

Declension of ши́рма (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ши́рма šírma	ши́рмы šírmy
genitive	ши́рмы šírmy	ши́рм šírm
dative	ши́рме šírme	ши́рмам šírmam
accusative	ши́рму šírmu	ши́рмы šírmy
instrumental	ши́рмой, ши́рмою šírmoj, šírmoju	ши́рмами šírmami
prepositional	ши́рме šírme	ши́рмах šírmax

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “ширма”, 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.

Ukrainian

ширма

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schirm, from Old High German skirm, skerm, from Proto-West Germanic *skirmi. Doublet of екра́н (ekrán).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃɪrmɐ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

ши́рма • (šýrma) f inan (genitive ши́рми, nominative plural ши́рми, genitive plural ширм)

1. folding screen

   Synonym: (dialectal) парава́н m (paraván)

2. (figurative) screen, cover, facade, front, smokescreen (something used to conceal true actions, motives, or nature)

   Synonym: прикриття́ n (prykryttjá)

Declension

Declension of ши́рма
(inan hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	ши́рма šýrma	ши́рми šýrmy
genitive	ши́рми šýrmy	ширм šyrm
dative	ши́рмі šýrmi	ши́рмам šýrmam
accusative	ши́рму šýrmu	ши́рми šýrmy
instrumental	ши́рмою šýrmoju	ши́рмами šýrmamy
locative	ши́рмі šýrmi	ши́рмах šýrmax
vocative	ши́рмо šýrmo	ши́рми šýrmy

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1980), “ширма”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 11 (Х – Ь), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 456
• “ширма”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]

Further reading

• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “ширма”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “ширма”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “ширма”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “ширма”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua, Slovnyk.ua]‎^[2]