хорей

Russian

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Ancient Greek χορεῖος (khoreîos).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [xɐˈrʲej]
  • IPA(key): [xɐˈrɛj] (phonetic respelling: хорэ́й)

Noun

хоре́й • (xoréj, xorɛ́j) m inan (genitive хоре́я, nominative plural хоре́и, genitive plural хоре́ев)

  1. trochee
Declension
Declension of хоре́й (inan masc-form vowel-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative хоре́й
xoréj, xorɛ́j		 хоре́и
xoréi, xorɛ́i
genitive хоре́я
xoréja, xorɛ́ja		 хоре́ев
xoréjev, xorɛ́jev
dative хоре́ю
xoréju, xorɛ́ju		 хоре́ям
xoréjam, xorɛ́jam
accusative хоре́й
xoréj, xorɛ́j		 хоре́и
xoréi, xorɛ́i
instrumental хоре́ем
xoréjem, xorɛ́jem		 хоре́ями
xoréjami, xorɛ́jami
prepositional хоре́е
xoréje, xorɛ́je		 хоре́ях
xoréjax, xorɛ́jax

References
  1. Vasmer, Max (1973), “хорей”, 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 263

Etymology 2

A Samoyedic borrowing: compare Tundra Nenets хар (“knife”).[1]

Alternative forms

Noun

хоре́й • (xoréj) m inan (genitive хоре́я, nominative plural хоре́и, genitive plural хоре́ев)

  1. (dialectal) sharp pole for driving on reindeer
Declension
Declension of хоре́й (inan masc-form vowel-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative хоре́й
xoréj		 хоре́и
xoréi
genitive хоре́я
xoréja		 хоре́ев
xoréjev
dative хоре́ю
xoréju		 хоре́ям
xoréjam
accusative хоре́й
xoréj		 хоре́и
xoréi
instrumental хоре́ем
xoréjem		 хоре́ями
xoréjami
prepositional хоре́е
xoréje		 хоре́ях
xoréjax
See also
  • ошто́л (oštól)

References
  1. Vasmer, Max (1973), “хорей”, 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 263
  2. Dalʹ, V. I. (1882), “хорей”, in Tolkovyj slovarʹ živovo velikorusskovo jazyka [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), volume IV, 2nd edition, Saint Petersburg, Moscow: Izdanije knigoprodavca-tipografa M.O. Volʹfa, page 558b

Etymology 3

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [xɐˈrʲej]

Noun

хоре́й • (xoréj) m anim pl

  1. genitive plural of хорь (xorʹ)
  2. accusative plural of хорь (xorʹ)
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