лишай

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See also: лишаи and лишај

Russian

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lišajь.

Noun

лиша́й (lišájm inan (genitive лишая́, nominative plural лишаи́, genitive plural лишаёв)

  1. (lichenology) lichen
  2. (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)

  1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of лиша́ть (lišátʹ)