дюйм

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch duim, cognate with English thumb. Doublet of домкра́т (domkrát).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dʲʉjm]

Noun

дюйм • (djujmm inan (genitive дю́йма, nominative plural дю́ймы, genitive plural дю́ймов, relational adjective дюймо́вый)

  1. inch

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: դյույմ (dyuym)
  • Ingrian: djuima
  • Yakut: сүөм (süöm)

See also

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дюйм”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “дюйм”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 279
  • Shansky, N. M., editor (1973), “дюйм”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 5 (Д, Е, Ж), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 228