лещ
See also: леш
Russian
Alternative forms
- лещъ (lešč) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *leščь. Cognate with Polish leszcz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [lʲeɕː]
Audio: (file)
Noun
лещ • (lešč) m anim or m inan (genitive леща́, nominative plural лещи́, genitive plural леще́й, diminutive ле́щик)
- bream
- 1903, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], “chapter II”, in Невеста, Санкт-Петербург: Журнал для всех; English translation from Robert Payne, transl., The Bride, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963:
- Была́ среда́, день по́стный, и потому́ ба́бушке пода́ли по́стный борщ и леща́ с ка́шей.
- Bylá sredá, denʹ póstnyj, i potomú bábuške podáli póstnyj boršč i leščá s kášej.
- It was Wednesday, a fast day, and Granny was served meatless borshch and bream with porridge.
- (vernacular) slap in the face, box on the ear
Declension
Declension of лещ (bian masc-form sibilant-stem accent-b)
Derived terms
- лещева́тый (leščevátyj), лещева́тость f (leščevátostʹ)
- подле́щик m anim (podléščik)
- Phrases
- дать леща́ pf (datʹ leščá)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лещ”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “лещ”, 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 479
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “леша”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
- лещ in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru