чухна

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic чухно (čuxno), from чудь (čudĭ) with an expressive suffix -хно (-xno). For the suffix compare given names Михно́ (Mixnó), Яхно́ (Jaxnó), Махно́ (Maxnó), Юхно́ (Juxnó).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʊxˈna]

Noun

чухна́ • (čuxná) m anim, f anim (genitive чухны́, nominative plural чу́хны, genitive plural чу́хон)

(derogatory) an Estonian or a Finn living near Saint Petersburg

Declension

Declension of чухна́ (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-d reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	чухна́ čuxná	чу́хны čúxny
genitive	чухны́ čuxný	чу́хон čúxon
dative	чухне́ čuxné	чу́хнам čúxnam
accusative	чухну́ čuxnú	чу́хон čúxon
instrumental	чухно́й, чухно́ю čuxnój, čuxnóju	чу́хнами čúxnami
prepositional	чухне́ čuxné	чу́хнах čúxnax

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:чухна.

Synonyms

чухо́нец (čuxónec)

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “чухна”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačev O. N., Moscow: Progress

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