дых
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dyxъ, deverbal from *dyxati (compare Russian ды́хать (dýxatʹ)). Cognate with literary Bulgarian дих (dih, “breath”), dialectal Macedonian дих (dih, “sigh, breath”), Serbo-Croatian dȋh (“sigh, breath”), Slovak dych (“sigh, breath”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [dɨx]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɨx
Noun
дых • (dyx) m inan (genitive ды́ха, nominative plural ды́хи, genitive plural ды́хов)
- (colloquial) breath, exhalation
- (colloquial) upper part of the abdomen, epigastrium
- дать под дых ― datʹ pod dyx ― to hit in the solar plexus