ляжка
Russian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlʲaʂkə]
- Homophone: ля́шка (ljáška)
Noun
ля́жка • (ljážka) f inan (genitive ля́жки, nominative plural ля́жки, genitive plural ля́жек)
- (anatomy) thigh, haunch
- 1909–1915, Александр Куприн [Aleksandr I. Kuprin], “Часть третья, III”, in Яма; English translation from Bernard Guilbert Guerney, transl., The Pit, (Please provide a date or year):
- — Угости́те покури́ть, прекра́сный брюне́тик! — обрати́лась Ве́рка к Петро́ву и то́чно неча́янно приложи́ла к его́ ноге́ свою́ кре́пкую, пло́тно обтя́нутую бе́лым трико́, тё́плую ля́жку. — Како́й вы симпати́чненький!..
- — Ugostíte pokurítʹ, prekrásnyj brjunétik! — obratílasʹ Vérka k Petróvu i tóčno nečájanno priložíla k jevó nogé svojú krépkuju, plótno obtjánutuju bélym trikó, tjópluju ljážku. — Kakój vy simpatíčnenʹkij!..
- "Treat me to a smoke, you beautiful little brunet!" Verka turned to Petrov; and as though by accident put against his leg her strong, warm thigh, closely drawn over with white tights. "What an agreeable little fellow you are!"
Declension
Declension of ля́жка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ляжка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “ляжка”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
- Krylov, G. A. (2004) “ляжка”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Victory, →ISBN
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “ляга”, 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.