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Bulgarian

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down feather

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *puxъ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [pux]
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  • Hyphenation(key): пух

Noun

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пух (puhm (relational adjective пу́хен)

  1. down (Soft fluff between the feathers of birds or on newly born birds)

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References

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  • пух”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • пух”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old East Slavic пухъ (puxŭ), from Proto-Slavic *puxъ.

Noun

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пух (puxm inan (genitive пу́ха, nominative plural *пу́хи, genitive plural *пу́хов, relational adjective пухо́вый)

  1. down (feathers)
  2. fluff
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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пух (pux)

  1. short masculine singular past indicative imperfective of пу́хнуть (púxnutʹ)

References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пух”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “пух”, 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 85

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pъlxъ.

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Noun

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пу̏х m (Latin spelling pȕh)

  1. dormouse

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Ukrainian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [pux]
  • Hyphenation: пух

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old East Slavic пухъ (puxŭ), Proto-Slavic *puxъ.

Noun

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пух (puxm inan (genitive пу́ху, uncountable, relational adjective пухо́вий or пухови́й, diminutive пушо́к)

  1. fluff (fur)
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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пух (pux)

  1. short masculine singular past indicative imperfective of пу́хнути (púxnuty)
  2. masculine singular past indicative imperfective of пу́хти (púxty)

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