шкура

Likely a borrowing from Polish skóra, from Proto-Slavic *skora (“bast, skin”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”), whence English carnage, cortex, carrion, corium, scurf and excoriate. Doublet of скора́ (skorá), the inherited East Slavic form. Compare typologically with cognate Latin scortum.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʂkurə]

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шку́ра • (škúra) f inan (genitive шку́ры, nominative plural шку́ры, genitive plural шкур, diminutive шку́рка)

1. (of animals) hide, coat, pelt, skin (especially when used as a material)
2. (derogatory) bastard, scum
3. (derogatory) whore

Compounds:

• шку́ра неуби́того медве́дя f (škúra neubítovo medvédja)
• From шкурный (škurnyj):
  • шку́рный интере́с m (škúrnyj interés)

Phrases

• дели́ть шку́ру неуби́того медве́дя impf (delítʹ škúru neubítovo medvédja)
• драть три шку́ры impf (dratʹ tri škúry)

• скорня́к m anim (skornják)

• ко́жа (kóža)

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

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “шкура”, 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.

• ру́шка (rúška)

Borrowed from Polish skóra, from Proto-Slavic *skora (“bast, skin”),^[1] from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”), whence English carnage, cortex, carrion, corium, scurf and excoriate. Doublet of скора́ (skorá), the inherited East Slavic form, and of шкі́ра (škíra).

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃkurɐ]

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шку́ра • (škúra) f inan (genitive шку́ри, nominative plural шку́ри, genitive plural шкур, diminutive шку́рка)

1. (of animals) hide, coat, pelt, skin (especially when used as a material)
2. (colloquial, of humans) skin

   Synonym: шкі́ра f (škíra)

3. (derogatory, vulgar) bastard
4. (colloquial, of fruit) peel, skin

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “шкура”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “шкура”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “шкура”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “шкура”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “шкура”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “шкура”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)