чих

From Proto-Mongolic *cïkïn; compare Buryat шэхэн (šexen), Kalmyk чикн (çikn), Dongxiang chigvin and Mogholi ceqin.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰix/

чих • (čix) (Mongolian spelling ᠴᠢᠬᠢ (čiki)); (hidden-n declension)

1. ear

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• чихэвч (čixevč)

• чихъ (čix) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕix]

чих • (čix) m inan (genitive чи́ха, nominative plural чи́хи, genitive plural чи́хов)

1. sneeze, sneezing

   на него́ напа́л чих

   na nevó napál čix

   he had an attack of sneezing

   на ка́ждый чих не наздравствуешься

   na káždyj čix ne nazdravstvuješʹsja

   you can't please everyone

   (literally, “One can't say "bless you" for every sneeze”)

• чих in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru