панцирь
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Russian
Alternative forms
- па́нцырь (páncyrʹ) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
- па́нцырь (páncyrʹ) – Pre-reform orthography (1956)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German panser or Polish pancerz, from Middle High German panzier (whence German Panzer). Both German forms stem from Old French pancier, from Latin pantex. The earlier form is пансꙑрь (pansyrʹ).
Pronunciation
Noun
па́нцирь • (páncirʹ) m inan (genitive па́нциря, nominative plural па́нцири, genitive plural па́нцирей, relational adjective па́нцирный)
- (historical) coat of mail, hauberk
- Synonym: кольчу́га (kolʹčúga)
- (historical) cuirass, armor (any type of armor protecting the torso)
- Synonym: ла́ты (láty)
- shell (of an arthropod or turtle)
- (weaponry) Pantsir missile system
Declension
Declension of па́нцирь (inan masc-form soft-stem accent-a)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “панцирь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress