икра

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

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• Hyphenation: ик‧ра

икра • (ikra) f (plural икри)

1. roe (fish eggs)
2. caviar
3. (usually in the plural) calf of the leg, (musculus gastrocnemius) gastrocnemius muscle

• риба f (riba)

• “икра” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu

Inherited from Old East Slavic икра́ (ikrá), from Proto-Slavic *jьkrà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ikrāˀ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hyékʷr̥, from *Hyekʷ-. Cognate with Russian икра́ (ikrá), Old Church Slavonic икра (ikra).

икра • (ikra) f inan

1. caviar, roe

• Belarusian: ікра́ (ikrá, “caviar, roe”)
• Carpathian Rusyn: икра́ (ykrá, “caviar, roe”)
• Ukrainian: ікра́ (ikrá, “caviar, roe; cow udder”)
  • ⇒ Ukrainian: ікри́ця f (ikrýcja, “caviar, roe”) (obsolete, dialectal)
  • ⇒ Ukrainian: гыкра́к m (hykrák, “fish with roe”) (West Polesian dialect)
  • ⇒ Ukrainian: кри́ц’а f (krýcʺa, “hard oily clay; cast iron”) (Boyko dialect)

• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “*икра”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 430
• Voitiv, H. V., editor (2006), “икра”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. (in Ukrainian), numbers 13 (и – іюнь), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 99
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  Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1996), “икра”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), numbers 14 (игде – катуючий), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 86
• Tymchenko, E. K. (2002) “икра”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Н), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 347

From Old East Slavic икра (ikra), from Proto-Slavic *jьkrā, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ikrā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *yékʷr̥. Compare the semantic development of English roe; however, this is not an etymological cognate.

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икра́ • (ikrá) f inan (genitive икры́, nominative plural и́кры, genitive plural икр, relational adjective ико́рный or икряно́й)

1. (only singular) roe, spawn (of fish), also small eggs of frogs or other amphibia

   мета́ть икру́ ― metátʹ ikrú ― to spawn

2. (only singular) caviar (as food)

   зерни́стая икра́ ― zernístaja ikrá ― soft caviar

   ке́товая икра́ ― kétovaja ikrá ― red caviar, ikra

   у́стричная икра́ ― ústričnaja ikrá ― spat

3. (figuratively, only singular) paste (dish of mushrooms or vegetables minced into small particles)

   баклажа́нная икра́ ― baklažánnaja ikrá ― aubergine paste

   кабачко́вая икра́ ― kabačkóvaja ikrá ― marrow paste

   грибна́я икра́ ― gribnája ikrá ― mushroom paste

4. (usually in the plural) calf of the leg, (musculus gastrocnemius) gastrocnemius muscle

   игра́ть и́крами

   igrátʹ íkrami

   to repeatedly quickly tense and relax the calves of the legs

   (literally, “to play with the calves”)

   • 1906, Александр Куприн , “5”, in Штабс-капитан Рыбников; English translation from John Middleton Murry, transl., Captain Ribnikov, 1916:

     Он, не отрыва́ясь, гляде́л на её́ больши́е, но краси́вые но́ги с по́лными и́крами, кото́рые ло́вко обтя́гивали чё́рные ажу́рные чулки́.

     On, ne otryvájasʹ, gljadél na jejó bolʹšíje, no krasívyje nógi s pólnymi íkrami, kotóryje lóvko obtjágivali čórnyje ažúrnyje čulkí.

     He could not tear his eyes from her big, handsome legs and plump calves, which her black, transparent stockings so closely fitted.

5. (obsolete) drifting ice floe (especially on a river)

• → Japanese: イクラ (ikura, “salmon roe”)
  • → Indonesian: ikura
• → Korean: 이크라 (ikeura)

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

• IPA^(key): /îkra/
• Hyphenation: и‧кра

и̏кра f (Latin spelling ȉkra)

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