дых

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dyxъ, deverbal from *dyxati (compare Russian ды́хать (dýxatʹ)). Cognate with literary Bulgarian дих (dih, “breath”), dialectal Macedonian дих (dih, “sigh, breath”), Serbo-Croatian dȋh (“sigh, breath”), Slovak dych (“sigh, breath”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dɨx]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɨx

Noun

дых • (dyx) m inan (genitive ды́ха, nominative plural ды́хи, genitive plural ды́хов)

  1. (colloquial) breath, exhalation
  2. (colloquial) upper part of the abdomen, epigastrium
    дать под дых ― datʹ pod dyx ― to hit in the solar plexus

Declension

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