желчь

See also: жёлчь

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic зълчь (zŭlčĭ) (rarer жълчь (žŭlčĭ)), from Proto-Slavic *zьlčь (bile), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źulʔ-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰlh₃-. Related to *zelenъ and was under the influence of *žьltъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʐɛɫt͡ɕ]

Noun

желчь • (želčʹf inan (genitive же́лчи, uncountable, relational adjective же́лчный)

  1. bile
  2. gall

Declension

References

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