угорь

• IPA^(key): [ˈuɡərʲ]

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ǫgořь.

у́горь • (úgorʹ) m anim (genitive угря́, nominative plural угри́, genitive plural угре́й)

1. eel

• угорёк (ugorjók, noun) (diminutive)
• угрёвый (ugrjóvyj, adjective)

Compounds:

• морско́й угорь m anim (morskój ugorʹ)
• речно́й угорь m anim (rečnój ugorʹ)
• электри́ческий угорь m anim (elektríčeskij ugorʹ)

• уж m anim (už)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ǫgrъ. Outside Slavic, cognate with Lithuanian ankštiras. It is not known whether the two senses of the word are cognate. Folk etymology suggests that a blackhead, when squeezed out, resembles an eel in its elongated form, hence the origin of the second sense.

у́горь • (úgorʹ) m inan (genitive угря́, nominative plural угри́, genitive plural угре́й, relational adjective угрево́й)

1. blackhead, comedo, acne, pimple

• угрик (ugrik, noun) (diminutive)
• угрева́тый (ugrevátyj, adjective)
• угрево́й (ugrevój, adjective)
• угри́стый (ugrístyj, adjective)

• прыщ (pryšč) (prýšč) m
• пры́щик (prýščik) (prýščik) m

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “угорь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “угорь”, 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 282
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “угорь”, 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 283
• Šanskij, N. M. (2004), “угорь”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
• Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989), “угорь”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 445
  • See: Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989), “уж”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 446

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “угорь”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.