лящ

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Ukrainian

 лящ on Ukrainian Wikipedia
лящ (Abramis brama)

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *leščь, from *leskati, *leščati, ultimately onomatopoeic. Compare Russian лещ (lešč), Belarusian лешч (lješč), Polish leszcz.

Noun

лящ (ljaščm animal (genitive ляща́, nominative plural лящі́, genitive plural лящі́в)

  1. bream, carp bream, common bream (fish of the species Abramis brama, considered the only member of the genus Abramis)
    Synonym: (dialectal) чаба́к m (čabák)
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Etymology 2

Deverbal from ля́скати (ljáskaty), ultimately onomatopoeic.[1]

Noun

лящ (ljaščm inan (genitive ляща́, nominative plural лящі́, genitive plural лящі́в)

  1. slap (blow with the open hand)
    Synonyms: ля́панець m (ljápanecʹ), ля́пас m (ljápas)
Declension

References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “лящ2”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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