пузо

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *puzo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpuzə]
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Noun

пу́зо • (púzon inan (genitive пу́за, nominative plural пу́за, genitive plural пуз, diminutive пу́зико)

  1. (colloquial) belly
    Synonyms: живо́т (živót), брю́хо (brjúxo)

Declension

Derived terms

Compound words:

  • пузожи́тель m anim (puzožítelʹ)
  • пузоме́рка f (puzomérka)
  • пузотёрка f (puzotjórka)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пузо”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “пузо”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 81
  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “пузо”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa

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