кляча

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *klęča, *klęčь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈklʲæt͡ɕə]

Noun

кля́ча • (kljáča) f anim (genitive кля́чи, nominative plural кля́чи, genitive plural кляч)

1. jade, nag (old or worn-out horse)
2. (derogatory) hag, jade (old, ugly woman)

Declension

Declension of кля́ча (anim fem-form sibilant-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	кля́ча kljáča	кля́чи kljáči
genitive	кля́чи kljáči	кля́ч kljáč
dative	кля́че kljáče	кля́чам kljáčam
accusative	кля́чу kljáču	кля́ч kljáč
instrumental	кля́чей, кля́чею kljáčej, kljáčeju	кля́чами kljáčami
prepositional	кля́че kljáče	кля́чах kljáčax

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кляча”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кляч”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “клякать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “кляча”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 405
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “клянчить”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 405
• Shansky, N. M., editor (1982), “кляча”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, number 8 (К), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 171