хохма

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish חכמה‎ (khokhme, “wit”), from Hebrew חוכמה‎ (khokhmá, “wisdom”). A well-known folk etymology relates the noun to хохотать (xoxotatʹ, “to laugh”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈxoxmə]

Noun

хо́хма • (xóxma) f inan (genitive хо́хмы, nominative plural хо́хмы, genitive plural хохм)

  1. (colloquial) joke, anecdote
    • 1967, Борис Бондаренко, Цена первой ошибки [The cost of the first mistake], page 71:
      Вот хохма — не работают!
      Vot xoxma — ne rabotajut!
      What a joke — they aren't working!

Declension
Declension of хо́хма (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative хо́хма
xóxma		 хо́хмы
xóxmy
genitive хо́хмы
xóxmy		 хо́хм
xóxm
dative хо́хме
xóxme		 хо́хмам
xóxmam
accusative хо́хму
xóxmu		 хо́хмы
xóxmy
instrumental хо́хмой, хо́хмою
xóxmoj, xóxmoju		 хо́хмами
xóxmami
prepositional хо́хме
xóxme		 хо́хмах
xóxmax

Derived terms
  • хохмач (xoxmač)
  • хохмить (xoxmitʹ), схохмить (sxoxmitʹ)

Descendants
  • → Armenian: խոխմա (xoxma), խոխմ (xoxm)
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