рычаг
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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish rycząg (“pin on the front axle of a cart”).
Pronunciation
Noun
рыча́г • (ryčág) m inan (genitive рычага́, nominative plural рычаги́, genitive plural рычаго́в, relational adjective рыча́жный, diminutive рычажо́к)
- lever (rigid thing turning about an axis, used for transmitting and modifying force and motion)
Declension
Declension of рыча́г (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-b)
Descendants
- → Turkmen: ryçag
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “рычаг”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “рычаг”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 132