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ящик

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See also: ашик

Khakas

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian я́щик (jáščik).

Noun

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ящик (yaşçik)

  1. box, chest

Russian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic аскъ (askŭ) or ꙗскъ (jaskŭ), from Old Norse askr (wooden vessel) or eski (ashen box). See *askaz for cognates.

In the sense of “secret facility”, from the Soviet Union-era rule of keeping the names of such facilities a secret by addressing mail to a post office box number without a name.

For the semantic shift from "tree" to "container" compare Latin buxus, buxis (whence English box, boxwood), akin to Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís) (< πύξος (púxos)) (whence Latin pyxis). Also compare German Truhe (akin to German Trog, further akin to Proto-Indo-European *dóru).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈjæɕːɪk]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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я́щик (jáščikm inan (genitive я́щика, nominative plural я́щики, genitive plural я́щиков, relational adjective я́щичный, diminutive я́щичек)

  1. box, case, chest
  2. drawer (in a piece of furniture)
  3. (colloquial, derogatory) idiot box, boob tube (TV set)
  4. (colloquial, dated) secret facility, military facility
    Synonyms: абоне́нтский я́щик (abonéntskij jáščik), почто́вый я́щик (počtóvyj jáščik), режи́мное предприя́тие (režímnoje predprijátije)
  5. (computing, colloquial) ellipsis of электро́нный почто́вый я́щик (elektrónnyj počtóvyj jáščik); (email) inbox

Declension

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Derived terms

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Compounds:

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Native

Relative via Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃s-:

Descendants

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ящик”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “ящик”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 476

Further reading

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From Old East Slavic аскъ (askŭ) or ꙗскъ (jaskŭ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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я́щик (jáščykm inan (genitive я́щика, nominative plural ящики́, genitive plural ящикі́в, diminutive я́щичок)

  1. box, case, chest

Declension

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Declension of я́щик
(inan velar masc-form accent-c)
singular plural
nominative я́щик
jáščyk
ящики́
jaščyký
genitive я́щика
jáščyka
ящикі́в
jaščykív
dative я́щикові, я́щику
jáščykovi, jáščyku
ящика́м
jaščykám
accusative я́щик
jáščyk
ящики́
jaščyký
instrumental я́щиком
jáščykom
ящика́ми
jaščykámy
locative я́щику
jáščyku
ящика́х
jaščykáx
vocative я́щику
jáščyku
ящики́
jaščyký

Synonyms

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References

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