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Russian
Etymology
Related to Bulgarian поми́я (pomíja, “sewage, swill, slops”), Polish pomyje (“slops, swill”), Old Church Slavonic помꙑѩ (pomyję). By surface analysis, по- (po-) + -мои (-moi), combining form of Russian мыть (mytʹ, “to wash”).
Pronunciation
Noun
помо́и • (pomói) m inan pl (genitive помо́ев, plural only, relational adjective помо́йный)
- swill, slops (mixture of solid and liquid food scraps)
- swill, slops, lap (any disgusting or distasteful food, weak and distasteful drink)
Declension
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plural
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| nominative
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помо́и
pomói
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| genitive
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помо́ев
pomójev
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| dative
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помо́ям
pomójam
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| accusative
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помо́и
pomói
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| instrumental
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помо́ями
pomójami
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| prepositional
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помо́ях
pomójax
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Derived terms
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “помои”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress