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Russian
Etymology
Via Polish ircha (“chamois leather”), from Middle High German irch, еrсh (“thin white tanned leather”), from Latin hircus (“goat”). Compare Ukrainian ірха (irxa).
Pronunciation
Noun
и́рха • (írxa) f inan (genitive и́рхи, nominative plural и́рхи, genitive plural ирх)
- (dialectal) tanned sheepskin or goatskin
Declension
Derived terms
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ирха”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Sorokin, Yury S., editor (1997), “ирха”, in Словарь русского языка XVIII века [Dictionary of the Russian Language 18th century] (in Russian), volume 9, Saint Petersburg: Nauka, page 112
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *irxa via Russian и́рха (írxa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǐrxa/
- Hyphenation: ир‧ха
Noun
ѝрха f (Latin spelling ìrha)
- the skin of a sheep with the fleece removed