хвощ

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xvoščь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [xvɔʃt]

Noun

хвощ • (hvoštm (relational adjective хво́щов)

  1. horsetail (simple vascular spore plants of family Equisetaceae)

Declension

Declension of хвощ
singular plural
indefinite хвощ
hvošt
хво́щове
hvóštove
definite
(subject form)
хво́щът
hvóštǎt
хво́щовете
hvóštovete
definite
(object form)
хво́ща
hvóšta
count form хво́ща
hvóšta

Alternative forms

  • хвош (hvoš)dialectal

References

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic [Term?], from Proto-Slavic *xvoščь, from *xvostъ (tail) + *-jь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [xvoɕː]

Noun

хвощ • (xvoščm inan (genitive хвоща́, nominative plural хвощи́, genitive plural хвоще́й, relational adjective хвощо́вый)

  1. horsetail, mare's-tail (Equisetum)

Declension

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хвост”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “хвощ”, 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 337
  • Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “хвощ”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2: (Начать – Я), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 490

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