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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from a Finnic language; compare to Finnish kuore, Karelian kuoreh, Veps koreh, Livvi kuorʹoi.
Pronunciation
Noun
ко́рюшка • (kórjuška) f anim (genitive ко́рюшки, nominative plural ко́рюшки, genitive plural ко́рюшек)
- smelt (a fish from the Osmeridae family; most commonly, of species Osmerus eperlanus)
Declension
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “корюха”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress