пах

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• IPA^(key): [pax]

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пах • (pax) m inan (genitive па́ху, nominative plural па́хі, genitive plural па́хаў)

1. smell, scent, odour

   Synonym: за́пах (zápax)

2. perfume, fragrance (a pleasant smell)

   Synonyms: во́дар (vódar), арама́т (aramát)

• па́хнуць (páxnucʹ)

• “пах” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Akin to Ingush пехк (pexk).

пах • (pax) class bd

1. lung

• Nichols, Johanna; Vagapov, Arbi (2004), “пах”, in Chechen–English and English–Chechen Dictionary, London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon, page 374

• пахъ (pax) — pre-reform orthography (1918)

• IPA^(key): [pax]

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *paxъ, *paxa. Compare Ukrainian паха́ (paxá), Bulgarian пах (pah), Czech pach, Polish pacha

Vasmer proposes as well a connection with Sanskrit पक्ष (pakṣa, “(bird)wing”)

пах • (pax) m inan (genitive па́ха, nominative plural *пахи́, genitive plural *пахо́в, relational adjective па́ховый)

1. groin
   • 2005, Сергей Кузнецов [Sergey Kuznetsov], chapter 22, in Шкурка бабочки, Москва: Эксмо; English translation from Andrew Bromfield, transl., Butteefly Skin, London: Titan Books, 2014:

     Влад хло́пает по своему́ па́ху, хло́пает ухо́женной руко́й, так похо́жей на О́лину.

     Vlad xlópajet po svojemú páxu, xlópajet uxóžennoj rukój, tak poxóžej na Ólinu.

     Vlad slapped his own crotch, slapped it with a well-groomed hand so much like Olya’s hand.

• пах in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru

пах • (pax)

1. short masculine singular past indicative imperfective of па́хнуть (páxnutʹ)