угорь

• IPA^(key): [ˈuɡərʲ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ǫgořь.

у́горь • (úgorʹ) m anim (genitive угря́, nominative plural угри́, genitive plural угре́й)

1. eel

• угорёк (ugorjók, noun) (diminutive)
• угрёвый (ugrjóvyj, adjective)

• уж m anim (už)

It is not known whether the two senses of the word are cognate. Folk etymology suggests that a blackhead, when squeezed out, resembles an eel in its elongated form, hence the origin of the second sense.

у́горь • (úgorʹ) m inan (genitive угря́, nominative plural угри́, genitive plural угре́й, relational adjective угрево́й)

1. blackhead, comedo, acne, pimple

• угрик (ugrik, noun) (diminutive)
• угрева́тый (ugrevátyj, adjective)
• угрево́й (ugrevój, adjective)
• угри́стый (ugrístyj, adjective)

• прыщ (pryšč) (prýšč) m
• пры́щик (prýščik) (prýščik) m

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “угорь”, 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.