харч

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic харчь (xarčĭ), from Arabic خَرْج‎ (ḵarj, “expenditure, outlay, expense, costs”), via a Turkic language: compare Turkish harç, Azerbaijani xərc.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [xart͡ɕ]

Noun

харч • (xarč) m inan (genitive ха́рча, nominative plural харчи́, genitive plural харче́й)

(colloquial, usually in the plural) grub, food
перебира́ть харча́ми ― perebirátʹ xarčámi ― to be overly picky (also figuratively)

мета́ть харч ― metátʹ xarč ― to vomit

Declension

Declension of харч (inan masc-form sibilant-stem accent-c)

	singular	plural
nominative	ха́рч xárč	харчи́ xarčí
genitive	ха́рча xárča	харче́й xarčéj
dative	ха́рчу xárču	харча́м xarčám
accusative	ха́рч xárč	харчи́ xarčí
instrumental	ха́рчем xárčem	харча́ми xarčámi
prepositional	ха́рче xárče	харча́х xarčáx

Synonyms

жратва́ (žratvá)
кормёжка (kormjóžka)
ха́вчик (xávčik)

Related terms

еда́ (jedá)
пи́ща (píšča)
пита́ние (pitánije)

References

Vasmer, Max (1973), “харчи”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume IV, translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress, page 225

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