лох
Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɫox]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ox

Etymology 1
Recorded in Astrakhan and among Greben Cossacks. Discernably, a transferred meaning of Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), which relates through the Kalmyk home in Dzungaria to Chinese 蘆薈/芦荟 (lúhuì, “aloe vera”), see it for more.
Noun
лох • (lox) m inan (genitive ло́ха, nominative plural ло́хи, genitive plural ло́хов)
- oleaster, silverberry (Elaeagnus)
- Synonyms: лохови́на (loxovína), лохо́вник (loxóvnik), джида́ (džidá)
Declension
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Alternative forms
- лохъ (lox) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Derived terms
- лохови́на (loxovína)
- лохо́вник (loxóvnik)
- лохо́вый (loxóvyj)
Descendants
Further reading
- Аннанеков, Н. (1878), “Elaeagnus”, in Ботанический словарь [Botanical Dictionary] (in Russian), revised and enlarged edition, Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 130b
- Горяев, Н. В. (1896) Сравнительный этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Тифлис: Типография канц. Главнонач. гр. ч. на Кавказе, page 238b, connects with олей (olej)
- Güldenstädt, Johann Anton (1791), P. S. Pallas, editor, Reisen durch Rußland und im Caucasischen Gebürge (in German), volume II, St. Petersburg: Academy Press, page 136
- Козловская, Н.В. (1958) Обзор видов рода Elaeagnus L. встречающихся на территории СССР (Флора и систематика высших растений. Труды БИН; 12.), Moscow · Leningrad: Издательство Академии Наук СССР, pages 84–131
- Pallas, Peter Simon (1776) Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des rußischen Reichs (in German and Latin), volume III, St. Petersburg: Academy Press, page 539
- Pallas, Peter Simon (1784), “Elaeagrus angustifolia”, in Flora Rossica (in Latin), volume I, part I, St. Petersburg: Academy Press, page 10
- Филин, Ф. П., editor (1981), “лох”, in Slovarʹ russkix narodnyx govorov [Dictionary of Russian Dialects] (in Russian), volume 17, Leningrad: Nauka, Leningrad branch, page 159
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “лох”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 294
- Shansky, N. M., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (1999), “лох”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), issue 9 (Л), Moscow: Moscow University Press, →ISBN Invalid ISBN, page 177
- Sorokin, Yury S., editor (2000), “лох”, in Словарь русского языка XVIII века [Dictionary of the Russian Language 18th century] (in Russian), volume 11, Saint Petersburg: Nauka, page 234
- Vasmer, Max (1967), “лох”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2 (Е – Муж), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress, page 524, unknown origin
Noun
лох • (lox) m anim (genitive ло́ха, nominative plural ло́хи, genitive plural ло́хов)
- (regional) male Atlantic salmon
Declension
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Noun
лох • (lox) m anim (genitive ло́ха or лоха́, nominative plural ло́хи or лохи́, genitive plural ло́хов or лохо́в, diminutive лошо́к, augmentative лоша́ра or лоши́ще)
Declension
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Related terms
- лохо́вка (loxóvka)
- лохо́л (loxól)
- лоша́рный (lošárnyj), лохо́вый (loxóvyj)
- лохану́ться (loxanútʹsja)
Descendants
- → Armenian: լոխ (lox)