чих

Mongolian

MongolianCyrillic
ᠴᠢᠬᠢ
(čiki)
чих
(čix)

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *cïkïn; compare Buryat шэхэн (šexen), Kalmyk чикн (çikn), Dongxiang chigvin and Mogholi ceqin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰix/

Noun

чих • (čix) (Mongolian spelling ᠴᠢᠬᠢ (čiki)); (hidden-n declension)

  1. ear

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Russian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕix]

Noun

чих • (čix) m inan (genitive чи́ха, nominative plural чи́хи, genitive plural чи́хов)

  1. sneeze, sneezing
    на него́ напа́л чих
    na nevó napál čix
    he had an attack of sneezing
    на ка́ждый чих не наздравствуешься
    na káždyj čix ne nazdravstvuješʹsja
    you can't please everyone
    (literally, “One can't say "bless you" for every sneeze”)

Declension

Further reading

  • чих in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
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