якорь
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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic ѧкорь (jękorĭ), from Latin ancora (“anchor”) via Old Swedish ankari (> Swedish ankare), Old Norse akkeri, from Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura, “anchor; hook”).
Pronunciation
Noun
я́корь • (jákorʹ) m inan (genitive я́коря, nominative plural якоря́, genitive plural якоре́й, relational adjective я́корный)
- anchor
- я́корь мне в за́дницу! ― jákorʹ mne v zádnicu! ― an anchor into my ass! (expression of utter bewilderment or disapproval)
- (electrical) armature core, armature
- (acoustic) reed
Declension
Declension of я́корь (inan masc-form soft-stem accent-c irreg)
Descendants
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “якорь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress