заноза
Russian
Etymology
By surface analysis, за- (za-) + нозить (nozitʹ), further, from Proto-Slavic *nьziti. Cognate with вонзи́ть (vonzítʹ), пронзи́ть (pronzítʹ) and нож (nož).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [zɐˈnozə]
Noun
зано́за • (zanóza) f inan (genitive зано́зы, nominative plural зано́зы, genitive plural зано́з)
- splinter (stuck in a body)
- thorn in one's side, nag
Declension
Declension of зано́за (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a)
Pre-reform declension of зано́за (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a)
Synonyms
Derived terms
- занозить (zanozitʹ)
- занозиться (zanozitʹsja)
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “заноза”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.