кольчуга

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Etymology

From кольцо́ (kolʹcó) +‎ -уга (-uga), or possibly borrowed from Polish kolczuga.

Pronunciation

Noun

кольчу́га (kolʹčúgaf inan (genitive кольчу́ги, nominative plural кольчу́ги, genitive plural кольчу́г)

  1. chain mail, hauberk

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Further reading

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