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Mongolian
Etymology
From Proto-Mongolic *cïkïn; compare Buryat шэхэн (šexen), Kalmyk чикн (çikn), Dongxiang chigvin and Mogholi ceqin.
Pronunciation
Noun
чих • (čix) (Mongolian spelling ᠴᠢᠬᠢ (čiki)); (hidden-n declension)
- ear
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
чих • (čix) m inan (genitive чи́ха, nominative plural чи́хи, genitive plural чи́хов)
- sneeze, sneezing
на него́ напа́л чих- na nevó napál čix
- he had an attack of sneezing
на ка́ждый чих не наздравствуешься- na káždyj čix ne nazdravstvuješʹsja
- you can't please everyone
- (literally, “One can't say "bless you" for every sneeze”)
Declension
Further reading
- чих in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru