пижма

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Пижма.

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish piżmo (“musk”), from Old Czech pižmo (“musk”), from Old High German bisamo, from Medieval Latin bisamum, from Hebrew בֹּשֶׂם (bṓśem, “perfume”). For one popular use of the plant is to burn it for fumigation; even bees are smoked with it for pacification.

Pronunciation

Noun

пи́жма • (pížma) f inan (genitive пи́жмы, nominative plural пи́жмы, genitive plural пижм)

  1. common tansy (Tanacetum vulgare)
    Synonyms: вротич глистник (vrotič glistnik), девятильник (devjatilʹnik), девятиха (devjatixa), десятиха (desjatixa), ди́кая ряби́на (díkaja rjabína), ди́кая рябинка (díkaja rjabinka), козельник (kozelʹnik), полева́я ряби́на (polevája rjabína), пуговичник (pugovičnik), романник (romannik), рябишник (rjabišnik), сузик (suzik)

Declension

Declension of пи́жма (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative пи́жма
pížma 		пи́жмы
pížmy
genitive пи́жмы
pížmy 		пи́жм
pížm
dative пи́жме
pížme 		пи́жмам
pížmam
accusative пи́жму
pížmu 		пи́жмы
pížmy
instrumental пи́жмой, пи́жмою
pížmoj, pížmoju 		пи́жмами
pížmami
prepositional пи́жме
pížme 		пи́жмах
pížmax

References

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