выхухоль

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Russian

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Etymology

Connected in an unknown manner with Belarusian хуху́ля (xuxúlja), хахо́ля (xaxólja), Ukrainian хоху́ля (xoxúlja), хуху́ля (xuxúlja), хоху́ль (xoxúlʹ), Polish chochoł, chochuł meaning this animal. The original form is probably oxytone *xoxuľь m.

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Noun

вы́хухоль (výxuxolʹm anim or f anim (genitive вы́хухоля or вы́хухоли, nominative plural вы́хухоли, genitive plural вы́хухолей)

  1. desman
    бе́лый вы́хухольbélyj výxuxolʹpolar desman

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References

  • Anikin, A. E. (2015) “выхухоль”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 9 (врандовать – галоп), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 211
  • Havlová, Eva (1978) “Několik méně známých zoologických termínů”, in Naše řeč (in Czech), volume 61, number 1, pages 25–28