хорей

Russian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χορεῖος (khoreîos), related to χορός (khorós, choir, chorus).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [xɐˈrʲej]
  • IPA(key): [xɐˈrɛj] (phonetic respelling: хорэ́й)

Noun

хоре́й • (xoréj, xorɛ́jm inan (genitive хоре́я, nominative plural хоре́и, genitive plural хоре́ев)

  1. trochee
Declension

References

  1. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хорей”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Etymology 2

A Samoyedic borrowing: compare Tundra Nenets хар (xar°, knife).[1]

Alternative forms

Noun

хоре́й • (xoréjm inan (genitive хоре́я, nominative plural хоре́и, genitive plural хоре́ев)

  1. (dialectal) sharp pole for driving on reindeer
Declension
See also
  • ошто́л (oštól)

References

  1. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хорей”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  2. ^ Dal, Vladimir (1909) “харей”, in Толковый Словарь живого великорусскаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 4, товарищество М. О. Вольфъ, page 1168
  3. ^ Dal, Vladimir (1909) “2. хорей”, in Толковый Словарь живого великорусскаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 4, товарищество М. О. Вольфъ, page 1220

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [xɐˈrʲej]

Noun

хоре́й • (xoréjm anim pl

  1. genitive/accusative plural of хорь (xorʹ)