жемчуг
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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic жьмьчюгъ (žĭmĭčjugŭ) (birchbark letter No. 809, 12th c.), from more common жьньчюгъ (žĭnĭčjugŭ) (since 1161), from Bulgar *ǯinǯü (whence also Chuvash ӗнчӗ (ĕnč̬ĕ) and Hungarian gyöngy) with auslaut akin to *ǯinǯüɣä (dat. sg.), from Proto-Common Turkic *yinǯü (whence also Old Turkic 𐰖𐰅𐰨𐰇 (yénčü), Kazakh інжу (ınju), Turkish inci etc.), from Middle Chinese 珍珠 (trin tsyu), 真珠 (tsyin tsyu, “true pearls”), whence also Mandarin 珍珠 (zhēnzhū).
Pronunciation
Noun
же́мчуг • (žémčug) m inan (genitive же́мчуга, nominative plural жемчуга́, genitive plural жемчуго́в, relational adjective жемчу́жный)
Declension
Declension of же́мчуг (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-c irreg)
Derived terms
- жемчу́жина f (žemčúžina, noun)
- жемчу́жница f anim (žemčúžnica, noun)
Descendants
- → Erzya: жемчуг (žemčug)
- → Moksha: шимщуга (šimščuga)
- → Finnish: simpukka
- → Karelian: simčukka, šimčukka, simpčukka, zimčukka
- → Yakut: чөмчүүк (cömcüük)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жемчуг”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “жемчуг”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.