хомут

Russian

Etymology

From the Old East Slavic хомоуть (xomutĭ), from Proto-Slavic *xomǫtъ, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kom-,[1]. Also borrowed into German Kummet and in some Northeast Italian dialects., [2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [xɐˈmut]

Noun

хому́т (xomút) m inan (genitive хомута́, nominative plural хомуты́, genitive plural хомуто́в)

  1. horse collar
    • Лев Толстой, Хозяин и работник 1895
      Ники́та в э́то вре́мя уже́ наде́л хому́т, подвяза́л седёлку, оби́тую гво́здиками, и, в одно́й руке́ неся́ лёгкую кра́шеную дугу́, а в друго́й ведя́ ло́шадь, подходи́л к двум стоя́вшим под сара́ем саня́м
      Nikíta v éto vrémja užé nadél xomút, podvjazál sedjólku, obítuju gvózdikami, i, v odnój ruké nesjá ljóxkuju krášenuju dugú, a v drugój vedjá lóšadʹ, podxodíl k dvum stojávšim pod sarájem sanjám
      meanwhile Nikita put the horse collar, tied the saddle studded with nails and -carrying a worn-out shaft bow on one hand and leading the horse with the other- approached towards two sleighs which lay under the shed
  2. (technology) yoke, clamp

Declension

Derived terms

  • хому́тик (xomútik)
  • хомути́на (xomutína)
  • хому́тник (xomútnik)
  • хому́тный (xomútnyj)
  • хомуто́вый (xomutóvyj)
  • хомуто́к (xomutók)
  • хому́тчик (xomútčik)

References

  1. Trubačev O. N., editor (1981), *xomǫtъ / *xomotъ”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 8, Moscow: Nauka, pages 69, 70
  2. Schenker, Alexander M. (1996) The Dawn of Slavic: An Introduction to Slavic Philology, 2.66. Lexical borrowing, pp. 159-160.
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