корюшка

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Finnic language; compare to Finnish kuore, Karelian kuoreh, Veps koreh, Livvi kuorʹoi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkorʲʊʂkə]

Noun

ко́рюшка • (kórjuška) f anim (genitive ко́рюшки, nominative plural ко́рюшки, genitive plural ко́рюшек)

  1. smelt (a fish from the Osmeridae family; most commonly, of species Osmerus eperlanus)

Declension

  • корюша́тник m (korjušátnik)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “корюха”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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