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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic горохъ (goroxŭ), from Proto-Slavic *gorxъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
горо́х • (goróx) m inan (genitive горо́ха, nominative plural горо́хи, genitive plural горо́хов, relational adjective горо́ховый, diminutive горо́шек)
- peas
- как стене́ горо́х or как об сте́ну/сте́нку горо́х or как в сте́ну горо́х or как от стены́ горо́х ― kak stené goróx or kak ob sténu/sténku goróx or kak v sténu goróx or kak ot stený goróx ― like talking to a stone wall
- при царе́ Горо́хе ― pri caré Goróxe ― (jocular) in the days of yore
1877, Николай Некрасов [Nikolay Nekrasov], “Часть третья. Крестьянка. Пролог”, in Кому на Руси жить хорошо; English translation from Juliet Soskice, transl., Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia?, 1917:Поспе́л горо́х! Наки́нулись,
Как саранча́ на по́лосу:
Горо́х, что де́вку кра́сную,
Кто ни пройдёт — щипнёт!- Pospél goróx! Nakínulisʹ,
Kak sarančá na pólosu:
Goróx, što dévku krásnuju,
Kto ni projdjót — ščipnjót! - The peas have come on, too;
Like locusts, the peasants
Attack them and eat them.
They’re like a plump maiden —
The peas — for whoever
Goes by must needs pinch them.
1952, “Блюда из фасоли, гороха, чечевицы”, in Книга о вкусной и здоровой пище, Москва: Пищепромиздат; English translation from The Book of Tasty and Healthy Food, (Please provide a date or year):Кро́ме горо́ха с це́лыми зё́рнами в прода́жу поступа́ет и лущё́ный горо́х, у кото́рого зё́рна раско́лоты попола́м и части́чно освобождены́ от нару́жной оболо́чки.- Króme goróxa s célymi zjórnami v prodážu postupájet i luščónyj goróx, u kotórovo zjórna raskóloty popolám i častíčno osvoboždený ot narúžnoj obolóčki.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (colloquial, figuratively) very small fruit, tubers, etc.
Usage notes
This is a collective noun. The singular горо́х corresponds to the plural in English. The plural горо́хи refers to different types of peas. A single pea is горо́шина (goróšina).
Declension
Derived terms
Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic горохъ (goroxŭ), from Proto-Slavic *gorxъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
горо́х • (horóx) m inan (genitive горо́ху, uncountable, relational adjective горо́ховий or горо́хвяний, diminutive горо́шок)
- peas
Declension
Declension of горо́х (inan sg-only velar masc-form accent-a)
Derived terms
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