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Russian
Etymology
From кольцо́ (kolʹcó) + -уга (-uga), or possibly borrowed from Polish kolczuga.
Pronunciation
Noun
кольчу́га • (kolʹčúga) f inan (genitive кольчу́ги, nominative plural кольчу́ги, genitive plural кольчу́г)
- 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