ikra

See also: ikrą, ікра, and икра

English

ikra

Etymology

From Russian икра́ (ikrá) "caviar", "roe".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈkɹɑː/

Noun

ikra (uncountable)

1. roe of the salmon, red caviar

Translations

red caviar

• Belarusian: ікра́ f (ikrá), чырво́ная ікра́ f (čyrvónaja ikrá)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 三文魚籽／三文鱼籽, 三文魚子／三文鱼子, 三文鱼子 (saam¹ man⁴ jyu⁴ zi²)

  Mandarin: 紅魚子醬／红鱼子酱, 红鱼子酱 (hóngyúzǐjiàng)

• Hungarian: ikra (hu)
• Japanese: イクラ (ja) (ikura)
• Korean: 이크라 (ko) (ikeura)
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• Polish: ikra (pl) f
• Russian: икра́ (ru) f (ikrá), кра́сная икра́ f (krásnaja ikrá)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: икра f

  Roman: ikra (sh) f

• Swedish: kaviar (sv) c, rysk kaviar c
• Ukrainian: ікра́ f (ikrá), черво́на ікра́ f (červóna ikrá)

Usage notes

• In Russian, Ukrainian, etc. the term means any roe, fish eggs and black sturgeon caviar.

Anagrams

• Arik, Irak, Kari, Kira, Rika, krai, raik, raki, rika

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Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Slavic *ikra, *jьkrā, from Proto-Indo-European *ikʷ(e)r- (“fish egg”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈikrɒ]
• Hyphenation: ik‧ra
• Rhymes: -rɒ

Noun

ikra (plural ikrák)

1. roe (of a fish)

   Synonym: halikra

2. (anatomy, rare) calf (of the leg)

   Synonyms: vádli, lábikra

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	ikra	ikrák
accusative	ikrát	ikrákat
dative	ikrának	ikráknak
instrumental	ikrával	ikrákkal
causal-final	ikráért	ikrákért
translative	ikrává	ikrákká
terminative	ikráig	ikrákig
essive-formal	ikraként	ikrákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	ikrában	ikrákban
superessive	ikrán	ikrákon
adessive	ikránál	ikráknál
illative	ikrába	ikrákba
sublative	ikrára	ikrákra
allative	ikrához	ikrákhoz
elative	ikrából	ikrákból
delative	ikráról	ikrákról
ablative	ikrától	ikráktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	ikráé	ikráké
non-attributive possessive - plural	ikráéi	ikrákéi

Possessive forms of ikra
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	ikrám	ikráim
2nd person sing.	ikrád	ikráid
3rd person sing.	ikrája	ikrái
1st person plural	ikránk	ikráink
2nd person plural	ikrátok	ikráitok
3rd person plural	ikrájuk	ikráik

Derived terms

• ikrás → ikrásodik

 

Compound words

• halikra
• lábikra

 

Further reading

• (roe): ikra in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• ([rare] calf of the leg): ikra in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьkrā, from Proto-Indo-European *ikʷ(e)r- (“fish egg”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈik.ra/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ikra
• Syllabification: ik‧ra

Noun

ikra f

1. roe (of fish)
2. (colloquial, figurative) pep; spirit; zest; vigor

Declension

Declension of ikra

	singular
nominative	ikra
genitive	ikry
dative	ikrze
accusative	ikrę
instrumental	ikrą
locative	ikrze
vocative	ikro

Derived terms

nouns

• ikrowiec
• ikrzak
• ikrzyca

 

Further reading

• ikra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ikra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ikra, *jьkrā, from Proto-Indo-European *ikʷ(e)r- (“fish egg”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /îkra/
• Hyphenation: i‧kra

Noun

ȉkra f (Cyrillic spelling и̏кра)

1. (uncountable) roe (fish)
2. (uncountable) caviar

Declension

Declension of ikra

	singular
nominative	ikra
genitive	ikre
dative	ikri
accusative	ikru
vocative	ikro
locative	ikri
instrumental	ikrom

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ikra, *jьkrā, from Proto-Indo-European *ikʷ(e)r- (“fish egg”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈikra/

Noun

ikra f (genitive singular ikry, nominative plural ikry, genitive plural ikier, declension pattern of žena)

1. roe (fish)
2. caviar

Declension

Declension of ikra

	singular	plural
nominative	ikra
genitive	ikry	ikrou
dative	ikre	ikry
accusative	ikru	ikier
locative	—	ikrám
instrumental	ikre	ikry

Further reading

• “ikra”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024