ikra

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See also: ikrą, ікра, and икра

English

ikra

Etymology

From Russian икра́ (ikrá) "caviar", "roe".

Pronunciation

Noun

ikra (uncountable)

  1. roe of the salmon, red caviar

Usage notes

  • In Russian, Ukrainian, etc. the term means any roe, fish eggs and black sturgeon caviar.

Translations

Anagrams

Hungarian

Etymology

From a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *jьkra, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ikrā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *yékʷr̥.

Pronunciation

Noun

ikra (plural ikrák)

  1. roe (of a fish)
    Synonym: halikra
  2. (anatomy, rare) calf (of the leg)
    Synonyms: vádli, lábikra

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative ikra ikrák
accusative ikrát ikrákat
dative ikrának ikráknak
instrumental ikrával ikrákkal
causal-final ikráért ikrákért
translative ikrává ikrákká
terminative ikráig ikrákig
essive-formal ikraként ikrákként
essive-modal — —
inessive ikrában ikrákban
superessive ikrán ikrákon
adessive ikránál ikráknál
illative ikrába ikrákba
sublative ikrára ikrákra
allative ikrához ikrákhoz
elative ikrából ikrákból
delative ikráról ikrákról
ablative ikrától ikráktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		ikráé ikráké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		ikráéi ikrákéi
Possessive forms of ikra
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. ikrám ikráim
2nd person sing. ikrád ikráid
3rd person sing. ikrája ikrái
1st person plural ikránk ikráink
2nd person plural ikrátok ikráitok
3rd person plural ikrájuk ikráik

Derived terms

Compound words

Further reading

  • (roe): ikra in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • ( calf of the leg): ikra in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Polish

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Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьkra, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ikrā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *yékʷr̥.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈik.ra/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ikra
  • Syllabification: ik‧ra

Noun

ikra f

  1. roe (of fish)
  2. (colloquial, figurative) pep; spirit; zest; vigor

Declension

Declension of ikra
singular
nominative ikra
genitive ikry
dative ikrze
accusative ikrę
instrumental ikrą
locative ikrze
vocative ikro

Derived terms

nouns

Further reading

  • ikra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ikra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьkra, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ikrā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *yékʷr̥.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /îkra/
  • Hyphenation: i‧kra

Noun

ȉkra f (Cyrillic spelling и̏кра)

  1. (uncountable) roe (fish)
  2. (uncountable) caviar

Declension

Declension of ikra
singular
nominative ikra
genitive ikre
dative ikri
accusative ikru
vocative ikro
locative ikri
instrumental ikrom

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьkra, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ikrā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *yékʷr̥.

Pronunciation

Noun

ikra f (genitive singular ikry, nominative plural ikry, genitive plural ikier, declension pattern of žena)

  1. roe (fish)
  2. caviar

Declension

Declension of ikra
singular plural
nominative ikra
genitive ikry ikrou
dative ikre ikry
accusative ikru ikier
locative — ikrám
instrumental ikre ikry

Further reading

  • “ikra”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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