гиря

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Russian

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Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic гыря (gyrja). Cognate with Ukrainian ги́ря (hýrja), Belarusian гіря (hirja). Vasmer connects it to the root of гвор (gvor, bladder, tumor), ultimately PIE *gʷreh₂- (heavy). The phonology is difficult and may show Iranian influence (Proto-Indo-Iranian *gr̥Húš, modern Persian گران (gerân, heavy)).

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Noun

гиря

ги́ря (gírjaf inan (genitive ги́ри, nominative plural ги́ри, genitive plural гирь)

  1. weight for measuring
  2. kettlebell, girya

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Descendants

  • Bulgarian: ги́ра (gíra)
  • English: girya

References

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

Ukrainian

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Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic гыря (gyrja). Cognate with Russian ги́ря (gírja), Belarusian гіря (hirja).

Pronunciation

Noun

ги́ря (hýrjaf inan (genitive ги́рі, nominative plural ги́рі, genitive plural гир)

  1. weight (for measuring)
  2. kettlebell, girya
  3. (dialectal, derogatory) a head, esp. a shaved one

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