хорт
See also: xort
Ukrainian
Alternative forms
- хірт (xirt) (nonstandard)
Etymology
From Old Ruthenian хортъ (xort), Old East Slavic хъртъ (xŭrtŭ), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *xъrtъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [xɔrt]
Noun
хорт • (xort) m animal (genitive хо́рта, nominative plural хо́рти, genitive plural хо́ртів)
- a greyhound, a sighthound
- (specifically) a borzoi dog
Synonyms
- борза (borza) (sense 2)
Derived terms
Related terms
- хортови́й (xortovýj, “fast, swift”)
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “хорт”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “хорт”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)