хрыч

Probably related to хрю́кать (xrjúkatʹ, “to oink, to grunt”), ultimately onomatopoeic. According to alternative hypotheses, the term might be related to хра́кать (xrákatʹ, “to expectorate”) or to Old East Slavic гричь (gričĭ, “dog”).

• IPA^(key): [xrɨt͡ɕ]
• Rhymes: -ɨt͡ɕ

хрыч • (xryč) m anim (genitive хрыча́, nominative plural хрычи́, genitive plural хрыче́й, feminine хрычо́вка)

1. (colloquial, derogatory) geezer, old fart, buzzard (old man)

• Often preceded by ста́рый (stáryj, “old”); compare to old fart, old buzzard in English.

• гры́мза f anim (grýmza)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хрыч”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “хрыч”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “хрыч”, 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.