ящик

See also: ашик

Khakas

Etymology

From Russian.

Noun

ящик (yaşçik)

  1. box, chest

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic аскъ (askŭ) or ꙗскъ (jaskŭ), from Old Norse askr (wooden vessel) or eski (ashen box). See *askaz for cognates.

In the sense of “secret facility”, from the Soviet-era rule of keeping the names of such facilities secret by addressing mail to a post office box number without a name.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈjæɕːɪk]
  • (file)

Noun

я́щик (jáščik) m inan (genitive я́щика, nominative plural я́щики, genitive plural я́щиков, diminutive я́щичек)

  1. box, case, chest
  2. drawer (in a piece of furniture)
  3. (colloquial, derogatory) idiot box, boob tube (TV set)
  4. (colloquial, dated) secret facility, military facility
    Synonyms: абоне́нтский я́щик (abonéntskij jáščik), почто́вый я́щик (počtóvyj jáščik), режи́мное предприя́тие (režímnoje predprijátije)
  5. (computing, colloquial) Short for электро́нный почто́вый я́щик (elektrónnyj počtóvyj jáščik); (email) inbox

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: յաշիկ (yašik)
  • Azerbaijani: yeşik
  • Bashkir: йәшник (yäşnik)
  • Chechen: яьшка (jäška)
  • Kazakh: жәшік (jäşık)
  • Svan: ჲაშიკ (yašiḳ), ჰაშიკ (hašiḳ)
  • Uzbek: yashik

References

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic аскъ (askŭ) or ꙗскъ (jaskŭ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈjaʃt͡ʃek]
  • (file)

Noun

я́щик (jáščyk) m inan (genitive я́щика, nominative plural ящики́, genitive plural ящикі́в, diminutive я́щичок)

  1. box, case, chest

Declension

References

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