irbis
See also: Irbis
English
Noun
irbis (plural not attested)
- (uncommon) snow leopard (large feline mammal, Uncia uncia, native to mountain ranges of central Asia)
- 1893, John Martin Crawford, U.S. Consul General to Russia, transl., The Industries of Russia, volumes 5: Siberia and the Great Siberian Railway, St Petersburg, Chapter VI. The Kirghiz Steppe Region, page 83 GB:
- The tiger and the irbis (felis irbis) reach the northern limit of their distribution in the reeds of Balkhash, but occasionally stray northward into the neighbourhood of the Alatau.
Czech
Noun
irbis m anim
- snow leopard (large feline mammal, Uncia uncia, native to mountain ranges of central Asia)
Declension
Declension of irbis (hard masculine animate)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | irbis | irbisi, irbisové |
| genitive | irbisa | irbisů |
| dative | irbisovi, irbisu | irbisům |
| accusative | irbisa | irbisy |
| vocative | irbise | irbisi, irbisové |
| locative | irbisovi, irbisu | irbisech |
| instrumental | irbisem | irbisy |
Polish
irbis
Etymology
Internationalism; compare English irbis, French irbis, Russian и́рбис (írbis), ultimately from Classical Mongolian ᠢᠷᠪᠢᠰ (irbis), from Proto-Mongolic *irbis, from Common Turkic *irbiš.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈir.bis/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -irbis
- Syllabification: ir‧bis
Declension
Declension of irbis
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | irbis | irbisy |
| genitive | irbisa | irbisów |
| dative | irbisowi | irbisom |
| accusative | irbisa | irbisy |
| instrumental | irbisem | irbisami |
| locative | irbisie | irbisach |
| vocative | irbisie | irbisy |
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Irbis.
Spanish
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