кольчуга

Russian

Etymology

From кольцо́ (kolʹcó) +‎ -уга (-uga), or possibly borrowed from Polish kolczuga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɐlʲˈt͡ɕuɡə]

Noun

кольчу́га • (kolʹčúgaf inan (genitive кольчу́ги, nominative plural кольчу́ги, genitive plural кольчу́г)

  1. chain mail, hauberk

Declension

Derived terms

  • кольчу́жный (kolʹčúžnyj)

Further reading

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