лох

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  • Rhymes: -ox

Etymology 1

Recorded in Astrakhan and among Greben Cossacks. Discernably, a transferred meaning of Kalmyk лох (lox, aloe vera), which relates through the Kalmyk home in Dzungaria to Chinese 蘆薈芦荟 (lúhuì, “aloe vera”), see it for more.

Noun

 Лох (растение) on Russian Wikipedia
лох узколи́стный (lox uzkolístnyj)Elaeagnus angustifolia

лох (loxm inan (genitive ло́ха, nominative plural ло́хи, genitive plural ло́хов)

  1. oleaster, silverberry (Elaeagnus)
    Synonyms: лохови́на (loxovína), лохо́вник (loxóvnik), джида́ (džidá)
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  • Belarusian: лох (lox)
  • Czech: hlošina
  • Slovak: hlošina
  • Ukrainian: лох (lox)

Further reading

  • Аннанеков, Н. (1878) “Elaeagnus”, in Ботанический словарь (in Russian), revised and enlarged edition, Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 130b
  • Горяев, Н. В. (1896) Сравнительный этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Тифлис: Типография канц. Главнонач. гр. ч. на Кавказе, page 238b, connects with олей (olej)
  • Güldenstädt, Johann Anton (1791) P. S. Pallas, editor, Reisen durch Rußland und im Caucasischen Gebürge (in German), volume II, St. Petersburg: Academy Press, page 136
  • Козловская, Н.В. (1958) Обзор видов рода Elaeagnus L. встречающихся на территории СССР (Флора и систематика высших растений. Труды БИН; 12.), Moscow · Leningrad: Издательство Академии Наук СССР, pages 84–131
  • Pallas, Peter Simon (1776) Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des rußischen Reichs, volume III (overall work in German and Latin), St. Petersburg: Academy Press, page 539
  • Pallas, Peter Simon (1784) “Elaeagrus angustifolia”, in Flora Rossica (in Latin), volume I, part I, St. Petersburg: Academy Press, page 10
  • Филин, Ф. П., editor (1981), “лох”, in Slovarʹ russkix narodnyx govorov (in Russian), volume 17, Leningrad: Nauka, Leningrad branch, page 159
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “лох”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 294
  • Shansky, N. M., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (1999), “лох”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), number 9 (Л), Moscow: Moscow University Press, →ISBN Invalid ISBN, page 177
  • Sorokin, Yury S., editor (2000), “лох”, in Словарь русского языка XVIII века (in Russian), volume 11, Saint Petersburg: Nauka, page 234
  • Vasmer, Max (1967) “лох”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), volumes 2 (Е – Муж), Moscow: Progress, page 524, unknown origin

Etymology 2

From a Finnic language, compare Veps lohi, Finnish lohi, Estonian lõhe.

Noun

лох (loxm anim (genitive ло́ха, nominative plural ло́хи, genitive plural ло́хов)

  1. (regional) male Atlantic salmon
    Synonyms: сёмга (sjómga), лосо́сь (losósʹ)
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Etymology 3

From Fenya criminal argot; possibly an alteration of лопу́х (lopúx).

Noun

лох (loxm anim (genitive ло́ха or лоха́, nominative plural ло́хи or лохи́, genitive plural ло́хов or лохо́в, diminutive лошо́к, augmentative лоша́ра or лоши́ще)

  1. (slang, derogatory) sucker, mark, someone who is easy to swindle or con
  2. (slang, derogatory) loser
  3. (slang, derogatory) stiff, simpleton, dummy
    Synonym: болван (bolvan)
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