челюсть

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Че́люсть

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čeľustь.

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Noun

че́люсть (čéljustʹf inan (genitive че́люсти, nominative plural че́люсти, genitive plural челюсте́й or че́люстей, relational adjective челюстно́й)

  1. jaw (bone of the jaw)
  2. jowl

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Descendants

  • Erzya: саласке (salaske)
  • Moksha: саласка (salaska)

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “челюсть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “челюсть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 378