панцирь

Russian

Alternative forms

па́нцырь (páncyrʹ) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
па́нцырь (páncyrʹ) – Pre-reform orthography (1956)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German panser or Polish pancerz, from Middle High German panzier (whence German Panzer). Both German forms stem from Old French pancier, from Latin pantex. The earlier form is пансꙑрь (pansyrʹ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈpant͡sɨrʲ]
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Noun

па́нцирь • (páncirʹ) m inan (genitive па́нциря, nominative plural па́нцири, genitive plural па́нцирей, relational adjective па́нцирный)

(historical) coat of mail, hauberk
Synonym: кольчу́га (kolʹčúga)
(historical) cuirass, armor (any type of armor protecting the torso)
Synonym: ла́ты (láty)
shell (of an arthropod or turtle)
(weaponry) Pantsir missile system

Declension

Declension of па́нцирь (inan masc-form soft-stem accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	па́нцирь páncirʹ	па́нцири pánciri
genitive	па́нциря páncirja	па́нцирей páncirej
dative	па́нцирю páncirju	па́нцирям páncirjam
accusative	па́нцирь páncirʹ	па́нцири pánciri
instrumental	па́нцирем páncirem	па́нцирями páncirjami
prepositional	па́нцире páncire	па́нцирях páncirjax

References

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