irbis

See also: Irbis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian и́рбис (írbis).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĭr′bĭs
• Rhymes: -ɪɹbɪs
• Hyphenation: ir‧bis

Noun

irbis (plural not attested)

1. (uncommon) snow leopard (large feline mammal, Panthera uncia, native to mountain ranges of central Asia)
   • 1893, John Martin Crawford, U.S. Consul General to Russia, transl., The Industries of Russia, volumes 5: Siberia and the Great Siberian Railway, St Petersburg, Chapter VI. The Kirghiz Steppe Region, page 83 ^GB:

     The tiger and the irbis (felis irbis) reach the northern limit of their distribution in the reeds of Balkhash, but occasionally stray northward into the neighbourhood of the Alatau.

Translations

snow leopard — see also snow leopard

• Spanish: irbis m

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian и́рбис (írbis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪrbɪs]

Noun

irbis m anim

1. snow leopard (large feline mammal, Uncia uncia, native to mountain ranges of central Asia)

Declension

Declension of irbis (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	irbis	irbisi, irbisové
genitive	irbisa	irbisů
dative	irbisovi, irbisu	irbisům
accusative	irbisa	irbisy
vocative	irbise	irbisi, irbisové
locative	irbisovi, irbisu	irbisech
instrumental	irbisem	irbisy

Polish

irbis

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English irbis, French irbis, Russian и́рбис (írbis), ultimately from Classical Mongolian ᠢᠷᠪᠢᠰ (irbis), from Proto-Mongolic *irbis, from Proto-Common Turkic *irbiš.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈir.bis/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -irbis
• Syllabification: ir‧bis

Noun

irbis m animal

1. snow leopard, irbis (Panthera uncia)

   Synonyms: irbis śnieżny, pantera śnieżna

Declension

Declension of irbis

	singular	plural
nominative	irbis	irbisy
genitive	irbisa	irbisów
dative	irbisowi	irbisom
accusative	irbisa	irbisy
instrumental	irbisem	irbisami
locative	irbisie	irbisach
vocative	irbisie	irbisy

Further reading

• “irbis”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “irbis”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Irbis.

Noun

irbis m (plural irbiși)

1. snow leopard (Panthera uncia)

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	irbis	irbisul	irbiși	irbișii
genitive-dative	irbis	irbisului	irbiși	irbișilor
vocative	irbisule		irbișilor

Salar

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Mongolian ᠢᠷᠪᠢᠰ (irbis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /irpis/
• Hyphenation: ir‧bis

Noun

irbis (3rd person possessive irbisi, plural irbisler)

1. snow leopard

Declension

Declension of irbis

	singular	plural
nominative	irbis	irbisler
genitive	irbisniği	irbislerniği
dative	irbise	irbislere
definite accusative	irbisni	irbislerni
locative	irbisde	irbislerde
ablative	irbisden	irbislerden
instrumental	irbisla	irbislerla
pronominal	irbisgi	irbislerği
indefinite article	irbis-or	irbisler-or
definite article	irbisçük	irbislercük

Possessive declension of irbis

	nominative
	singular	plural
miniği ("my")	irbisim	irbisimler
siniği ("your")	irbisiñ	irbisiñler
aniği ("their")	irbisi	irbisiler
piserniği ("our")	irbisimiz	irbisimizler
selerniği ("your")	irbisiñiz	irbisiñizler
ularniği ("their")	irbisi	irbisiler
	accusative
	singular	plural
miniği ("my")	irbisimni	irbisimlerni
siniği ("your")	irbisiñni	irbisiñlerni
aniği ("their")	irbisini	irbisilerni
piserniği ("our")	irbisimizni	irbisimizlerni
selerniği ("your")	irbisiñizni	irbisiñizlerni
ularniği ("their")	irbisini	irbisilerni
	dative
	singular	plural
miniği ("my")	irbisime	irbisimlere
siniği ("your")	irbisiñe	irbisiñlere
aniği ("their")	irbisiğe	irbisilere
piserniği ("our")	irbisimize	irbisimizlere
selerniği ("your")	irbisiñize	irbisiñizlere
ularniği ("their")	irbisiğe	irbisilere
	locative
	singular	plural
miniği ("my")	irbisimde	irbisimlerde
siniği ("your")	irbisiñde	irbisiñlerde
aniği ("their")	irbiside	irbisilerde
piserniği ("our")	irbisimizde	irbisimizlerde
selerniği ("your")	irbisiñizde	irbisiñizlerde
ularniği ("their")	irbiside	irbisilerde
	ablative
	singular	plural
miniği ("my")	irbisimden	irbisimlerden
siniği ("your")	irbisiñden	irbisiñlerden
aniği ("their")	irbisiden	irbisilerden
piserniği ("our")	irbisimizden	irbisimizlerden
selerniği ("your")	irbisiñizden	irbisiñizlerden
ularniği ("their")	irbisiden	irbisilerden
	instrumental
	singular	plural
miniği ("my")	irbisimla	irbisimlerla
siniği ("your")	irbisiñla	irbisiñlerla
aniği ("their")	irbisila	irbisilerla
piserniği ("our")	irbisimizla	irbisimizlerla
selerniği ("your")	irbisiñizla	irbisiñizlerla
ularniği ("their")	irbisila	irbisilerla

References

• Potanin, G.N. (1893), “ирбис”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия [Tangutsko-Tibetskaja okraina Kitaja i Centralʹnaja Mongolija] (in Russian), page 427

Spanish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiɾbis/ [ˈiɾ.β̞is]
• Rhymes: -iɾbis
• Syllabification: ir‧bis

Noun

irbis m (plural irbis)

1. snow leopard

   Synonym: leopardo de las nieves

   (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Further reading

• Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “irbis”, in Diccionario del español actual (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA