огурец

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Огурец

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Russian огурецъ (ogurec) (огꙋрецъ; mid-16th c.), semi-calque from Old Ruthenian огꙋрокъ (ohurok) (1519+), itself a partial calque from Old Polish ogurek (1394+), from Byzantine Greek ἀγγούριον (angoúrion).

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Noun

огуре́ц (ogurécm inan (genitive огурца́, nominative plural огурцы́, genitive plural огурцо́в, diminutive огу́рчик or огуре́чик)

  1. cucumber
    • 1836, Александр Пушкин, “Глава VI. Пугачёвщина”, in Капитанская дочка, London: Henry S. King & Co.; English translation from Ekaterina Telfer, transl., The Captain's Daughter, 1875:
      Василиса Егоровна увидела коварство своего мужа; но, зная, что ничего от него не добьётся, прекратила свои вопросы и завела речь о солёных огурцах, которые Акулина Памфиловна приготовляла совершенно особенным образом.
      Vasilisa Jegorovna uvidela kovarstvo svojevo muža; no, znaja, što ničevo ot nevo ne dobʹjótsja, prekratila svoi voprosy i zavela rečʹ o soljónyx ogurcax, kotoryje Akulina Pamfilovna prigotovljala soveršenno osobennym obrazom.
      Persuaded of her husband's cunning, but knowing full well that she should learn nothing of him, Vassilissa Yegorovna ceased interrogating, and turned the conversation to salted cucumbers, which Akoulina Pamphylovna prepared in quite a peculiar manner.

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  • Karelian: okurčča
  • Yakut: огурсу (ogursu)
  • Kalmyk: аһурцг (ağurtsg)