икра

From Proto-Slavic *jьkrā, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ikrā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *yékʷr̥.

• IPA^(key): [ˈikra]
• Hyphenation: ик‧ра

икра • (ikra) f (plural икри)

1. roe (fish eggs)
2. caviar
3. (usually in the plural) calf of the leg, (musculus gastrocnemius) gastrocnemius muscle

• риба f (riba)

• “икра” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Inherited from Old East Slavic икра́ (ikrá), from Proto-Slavic *jьkrà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ikrāˀ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hyékʷr̥, from *Hyekʷ-. Cognate with Russian икра́ (ikrá), Old Church Slavonic икра (ikra).

и҆кра̀ • (transliteration needed) f inan

1. caviar, roe

• Belarusian: ікра́ (ikrá, “caviar, roe”)
• Rusyn: икра́ (ykrá, “caviar, roe”)
• Ukrainian: ікра́ (ikrá, “caviar, roe; cow udder”)
  • ⇒ Ukrainian: ікри́ця f (ikrýcja, “caviar, roe”) (obsolete, dialectal)
  • ⇒ Ukrainian: гыкра́к m (hykrák, “fish with roe”) (West Polesian dialect)
  • ⇒ Ukrainian: кри́ц’а f (krýcʺa, “hard oily clay; cast iron”) (Boyko dialect)

• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “*икра”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ – 15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 430
• Voitiv, H. V., editor (2006), “икра”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), issue 13 (и – іюнь), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 99
• Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1996), “икра”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 14 (игде – катуючий), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, →ISBN, page 86
• Tymchenko, E. K. (2002), “икра”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. [Materials for the Dictionary of the Written and Book Ukrainian Language of the 15ᵗʰ – 18ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Н), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 347

From Old East Slavic икра (ikra), from Proto-Slavic *jьkrā, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ikrā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *yékʷr̥.[1] Compare the semantic development of English roe; however, this is not an etymological cognate.

• IPA^(key): [ɪˈkra]

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икра́ • (ikrá) f inan (genitive икры́, nominative plural и́кры, genitive plural икр)

1. (only singular) roe, spawn (of fish), also small eggs of frogs or other amphibia

   мета́ть икру́ ― metátʹ ikrú ― to spawn

2. (only singular) caviar (as food)

   зерни́стая икра́ ― zernístaja ikrá ― soft caviar

   ке́товая икра́ ― kétovaja ikrá ― red caviar, ikra

   у́стричная икра́ ― ústričnaja ikrá ― spat

3. (figuratively, only singular) paste (dish of mushrooms or vegetables minced into small particles)

   баклажа́нная икра́ ― baklažánnaja ikrá ― aubergine paste

   кабачко́вая икра́ ― kabačkóvaja ikrá ― marrow paste

   грибна́я икра́ ― gribnája ikrá ― mushroom paste

4. (usually in the plural) calf of the leg, (musculus gastrocnemius) gastrocnemius muscle

   игра́ть и́крами

   igrátʹ íkrami

   to repeatedly quickly tense and relax the calves of the legs

   (literally, “to play with the calves”)

5. (obsolete) drifting ice floe (especially on a river)

• Japanese: イクラ (ikura, “salmon roe”)
  • → Indonesian: ikura
• Korean: 이크라 (ikeura)

From Proto-Slavic *jьkra, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ikrā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *yékʷr̥.

• IPA^(key): /îkra/
• Hyphenation: и‧кра

и̏кра f (Latin spelling ȉkra)

1. (uncountable) roe (fish)
2. (uncountable) caviar