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Russian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lišajь.
Noun
лиша́й • (lišáj) m inan (genitive лишая́, nominative plural лишаи́, genitive plural лишаёв)
- (lichenology) lichen
- (pathology) herpes
Declension
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лишай”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Etymology 2
Verb
лиша́й • (lišáj)
- second-person singular imperative imperfective of лиша́ть (lišátʹ)