чувал

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چوال‎ (çuval).

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃu̟ˈvaɫ]

чува́л • (čuvál) m

1. sack

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃu̟vəɫ]

чу́вал • (čúval)

1. indefinite masculine singular past active aorist participle of чу́вам (čúvam)
2. masculine singular past active imperfect participle of чу́вам (čúvam)

A Turkic borrowing; compare to Azerbaijani çuval (“sack”), Tatar чувал (çuwal, “fireplace”).

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʊˈvaɫ]

чува́л • (čuvál) m inan (genitive чува́ла, nominative plural чува́лы, genitive plural чува́лов, related adjective чува́льный)

1. (regional) a large sack (for 80–100 kg of grain or similar commodities)
   • 1958, М. А. Шо́лохов, По́днятая целина́:

     Он стоя́л во́зле лежа́нки, заложи́в ру́ки за́ спину, широкопле́чий, большеголо́вый и пло́тный, как чува́л с зерно́м.

     On stojál vózle ležánki, založív rúki zá spinu, širokopléčij, bolʹšegolóvyj i plótnyj, kak čuvál s zernóm.

     He stood by the sleeping ledge, his hands behind his back, wide-shouldered, big-headed, and solid as a tall sack of grain.

2. open hearth, fireplace, stove, firepit (in the traditional architecture of ethnic groups of the Caucasus, the Volga region, and Siberia)

• → Omok: цивиль (ciwilʹ)
• → Southern Yukaghir: чибаль (čibalʹ)

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