орех

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic орѣхъ (orěxŭ), from Proto-Slavic *orěxъ. Compare Albanian arrë (“walnut”), Ancient Greek ἄρυα (árua, “walnut”), Latvian riẽksts, Serbo-Croatian òrah.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔrɛx]

о́рех • (óreh) m (relational adjective орехо́в, diminutive о́рехче)

1. walnut
2. walnut tree

• “орех”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “орех”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Inherited from Old Slovak orech, from Proto-Slavic *orěxъ. Cognates include Slovak orech and Carpathian Rusyn орі́х (oríx).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔrɛx]
• Rhymes: -ɔrɛx
• Hyphenation: орех

орех (orex) m inan (diminutive орещок, related adjective орехов)

1. walnut

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “орех”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy

• орѣ́хъ (orě́x) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *orěxъ. Compare Albanian arrë (“walnut”), Ancient Greek ἄρυα (árua, “walnut”), Latvian riẽksts, Serbo-Croatian òrah.

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈrʲex]

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оре́х • (oréx) m inan (genitive оре́ха, nominative plural оре́хи, genitive plural оре́хов, relational adjective оре́ховый, diminutive оре́шек)

1. nut (tree; seed)

   америка́нский оре́х ― amerikánskij oréx ― Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) (literally, “American nut”)

   брази́льский оре́х ― brazílʹskij oréx ― Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) (literally, “Brazilian nut”)

   лесно́й оре́х ― lesnój oréx ― hazelnut; butternut (Juglans cinerea) (literally, “forest nut”)

   се́рый оре́х ― séryj oréx ― butternut (Juglans cinerea) (literally, “gray nut”)

   чёрный оре́х ― čórnyj oréx ― black walnut (Juglans nigra) (literally, “black nut”)

   гре́цкий оре́х ― gréckij oréx ― walnut (literally, “Greek nut”)

   кита́йский оре́х ― kitájskij oréx ― peanut (literally, “Chinese nut”)

   земляно́й оре́х ― zemljanój oréx ― peanut (literally, “earth nut”)

   муска́тный оре́х ― muskátnyj oréx ― nutmeg (literally, “musky nut”)

   кедро́вый оре́х ― kedróvyj oréx ― pine nut (literally, “cedar nut”)

2. walnut wood
3. nut coal; chestnut coal
4. (slang) cocaine
5. (slang, vulgar) ass, booty (buttocks, typically female)

• оре́ховка f anim (oréxovka)
• оре́шник m (oréšnik)

Compound words:

• орехоко́л m (orexokól), орехоко́лка f (orexokólka)
• орехотво́рка f anim (orexotvórka)

Phrases

• на оре́хи (na oréxi)
  • доста́ться на оре́хи pf (dostátʹsja na oréxi)
  • получи́ть на оре́хи pf (polučítʹ na oréxi)
• разде́лать под орех pf (razdélatʹ pod orex)
• щёлкать, как оре́хи impf (ščólkatʹ, kak oréxi)

• → Kildin Sami: орех (orjex)
• → Skolt Sami: ååʹreh

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “орех”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “орех”, 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 604

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “орех”, 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.