ячмень

Belarusian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *(j)ęčьmy. Cognate with Russian ячме́нь (jačménʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jat͡ʂˈmʲenʲ]

Noun

1. barley

References

• “ячмень” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

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Russian

ячмень

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic ѩчьнѣнъ (jęčĭněnŭ), from Proto-Slavic *(j)ęčьmy. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἀκοστή (akostḗ, “barley”), Latin acus (“needle”) and Old English ahar (“corn-ear”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [(j)ɪt͡ɕˈmʲenʲ]

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Noun

ячме́нь • (jačménʹ) m inan (genitive ячменя́, nominative plural ячмени́, genitive plural ячмене́й)

1. stye (bacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid)
2. barley (annual temperate grasses of the species Hordeum vulgare)
3. barley (the grain of annual temperate grasses of the species Hordeum vulgare, used in making beer and whisky and for soups, puddings, etc.)

Declension

Declension of ячме́нь (inan masc-form soft-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ячме́нь jačménʹ	ячмени́ jačmení
genitive	ячменя́ jačmenjá	ячмене́й jačmenéj
dative	ячменю́ jačmenjú	ячменя́м jačmenjám
accusative	ячме́нь jačménʹ	ячмени́ jačmení
instrumental	ячменём jačmenjóm	ячменя́ми jačmenjámi
prepositional	ячмене́ jačmené	ячменя́х jačmenjáx

Related terms

• ячменёк (jačmenjók)
• ячменный (jačmennyj)

References

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