хорёк
Russian
editEtymology
editDiminutive of хорь (xorʹ), inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъxorь (literally “ferret, stinky”)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editхорёк • (xorjók) m anim (genitive хорька́, nominative plural хорьки́, genitive plural хорько́в)
- polecat, ferret (mammal)
- 1895, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], Супруга; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Helpmate, 1916:
- У О́льги Дми́триевны то́же ме́лкие и хи́щные черты́ лица́, но бо́лее вырази́тельные и сме́лые, чем у ма́тери; э́то уж не хорёк, а зверь покрупне́е!
- U Ólʹgi Dmítrijevny tóže mélkije i xíščnyje čertý licá, no bóleje vyrazítelʹnyje i smélyje, čem u máteri; éto už ne xorjók, a zverʹ pokrupnéje!
- Olga Dmitrievna, too, had small predatory-looking features, but more expressive and bolder than her mother's; she was not a weasel, but a beast on a bigger scale!
- (archaic) a deserter who esaped the army and joined any para-military group during the Russian Civil War (1917-24)
Declension
editDeclension of хорёк (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-b reduc)
Descendants
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