лох
Appearance
See also: -лох
Russian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Recorded in Astrakhan and among Greben Cossacks. Discernably, a transferred meaning of Kalmyk лох (lox, “aloe vera”), which relates through the Kalmyk home in Dzungaria to Chinese 蘆薈/芦荟 (lúhuì, “aloe vera”), see it for more.
Noun
[edit]лох • (lox) m inan (genitive ло́ха, nominative plural ло́хи, genitive plural ло́хов)
Declension
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- лохъ (lox) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Аннанеков, Н. (1878) “Elaeagnus”, in Ботанический словарь [Botanical Dictionary] (in Russian), revised and enlarged edition, Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 130b
- Горяев, Н. В. (1896) Сравнительный этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Тифлис: Типография канц. Главнонач. гр. ч. на Кавказе, page 238b, connects with олей (olej)
- Güldenstädt, Johann Anton (1791) P. S. Pallas, editor, Reisen durch Rußland und im Caucasischen Gebürge (in German), volume II, St. Petersburg: Academy Press, page 136
- Козловская, Н.В. (1958) Обзор видов рода Elaeagnus L. встречающихся на территории СССР (Флора и систематика высших растений. Труды БИН; 12.), Moscow · Leningrad: Издательство Академии Наук СССР, pages 84–131
- Pallas, Peter Simon (1776) Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des rußischen Reichs, volume III (overall work in German and Latin), St. Petersburg: Academy Press, page 539
- Pallas, Peter Simon (1784) “Elaeagrus angustifolia”, in Flora Rossica (in Latin), volume I, part I, St. Petersburg: Academy Press, page 10
- Филин, Ф. П., editor (1981), “лох”, in Slovarʹ russkix narodnyx govorov [Dictionary of Russian Dialects] (in Russian), volume 17, Leningrad: Nauka, Leningrad branch, page 159
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “лох”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 294
- Shansky, N. M., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (1999), “лох”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), number 9 (Л), Moscow: Moscow University Press, →ISBN Invalid ISBN, page 177
- Sorokin, Yury S., editor (2000), “лох”, in Словарь русского языка XVIII века [Dictionary of the Russian Language 18th century] (in Russian), volume 11, Saint Petersburg: Nauka, page 234
- Vasmer, Max (1967) “лох”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Е – Муж), Moscow: Progress, page 524, unknown origin
Etymology 2
[edit]From a Finnic language, compare Veps lohi, Finnish lohi, Estonian lõhe.
Noun
[edit]лох • (lox) m anim (genitive ло́ха, nominative plural ло́хи, genitive plural ло́хов)
- (regional) male Atlantic salmon
Declension
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]From Fenya criminal argot; possibly an alteration of лопу́х (lopúx).
Noun
[edit]лох • (lox) m anim (genitive ло́ха or лоха́, nominative plural ло́хи or лохи́, genitive plural ло́хов or лохо́в, diminutive лошо́к, augmentative лоша́ра or лоши́ще)
- (slang, derogatory) stiff, simpleton, dummy; bogan, chav, redneck
- Synonym: болван (bolvan)
- (slang, derogatory) loser
- (slang, derogatory, criminal slang, prison slang) sucker, mark, someone who is easy to swindle or con
Declension
[edit]Declension of лох (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-a/b)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | ло́х lóx |
ло́хи, лохи́ lóxi, loxí |
genitive | ло́ха, лоха́ lóxa, loxá |
ло́хов, лохо́в lóxov, loxóv |
dative | ло́ху, лоху́ lóxu, loxú |
ло́хам, лоха́м lóxam, loxám |
accusative | ло́ха, лоха́ lóxa, loxá |
ло́хов, лохо́в lóxov, loxóv |
instrumental | ло́хом, лохо́м lóxom, loxóm |
ло́хами, лоха́ми lóxami, loxámi |
prepositional | ло́хе, лохе́ lóxe, loxé |
ло́хах, лоха́х lóxax, loxáx |
Synonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- Лоха́нск (Loxánsk)
- лохану́ться (loxanútʹsja)
- лохо́вка (loxóvka)
- лохоко́ст (loxokóst)
- лохо́л (loxól)
- лоша́рный (lošárnyj), лохо́вый (loxóvyj)
Descendants
[edit]- → Armenian: լոխ (lox)
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