See also: Груша

Belarusian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *gruša. Cognate with Russian гру́ша (grúša), Ukrainian гру́ша (hrúša).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɣruʂa]
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Noun

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гру́ша (hrúšaf inan (genitive гру́шы, nominative plural гру́шы, genitive plural груш)

  1. (botany) pear (fruit or tree)
  2. (sports) punching bag (boxing equipment of such shape)

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References

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

Russian

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груша

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gruša, a variant of *kruša.

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Noun

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гру́ша (grúšaf inan (genitive гру́ши, nominative plural гру́ши, genitive plural груш, relational adjective гру́шевый, diminutive гру́шка)

  1. (botany) pear (fruit or tree)
    • 1893, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], “VIII”, in Рассказ неизвестного человека; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., An Anonymous Story, 1917:
      Когда́ я верну́лся домо́й, Зинаи́да Фёдоровна лежа́ла в гости́ной на софе́ и е́ла гру́шу.
      Kogdá ja vernúlsja domój, Zinaída Fjódorovna ležála v gostínoj na sofé i jéla grúšu.
      When I reached home Zinaida Fyodorovna was lying on the sofa in the drawing-room, eating a pear.
    • 1905, Фёдор Сологуб [Fyodor Sologub], chapter III, in Мелкий бес; English translation from John Cournos and Richard Aldington, transl., The Little Demon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916:
      Они́ посиде́ли обня́вшись, пото́м опя́ть запляса́ли. И так не́сколько раз повторя́лось: то попля́шут, то отдохну́т под гру́шею, на скаме́ечке и́ли пря́мо на траве́.
      Oní posidéli obnjávšisʹ, potóm opjátʹ zapljasáli. I tak néskolʹko raz povtorjálosʹ: to popljášut, to otdoxnút pod grúšeju, na skaméječke íli prjámo na travé.
      They sat a while in each other's embrace, then got up and once more began to dance. This they repeated several times: now they danced, now they rested under the pear tree, upon the bench, or simply on the grass.
  2. (sports) punching bag (boxing equipment of such shape)

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  • Georgian: გრუშა (gruša, punching bag)
  • Yakut: груша (grusha, pear)

References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “груша”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *gruša, a variant of *kruša.

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гру́ша (hrúšaf inan (genitive гру́ші, nominative plural гру́ші, genitive plural груш, relational adjective груше́вий)

  1. (botany) pear (fruit or tree)
    Synonym: гру́шка f (hrúška)
  2. (sports) punching bag (boxing equipment of such shape)

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Yakut

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian груша (gruša).

Noun

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груша (grusha)

  1. pear
    груша барыанньатаgrusha barıannyatapear jam
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