пигмей

• пѵгме́й (pigméj) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

From Latin Pygmaeī, from Ancient Greek πυγμαῖος (pugmaîos, “a member of a race of dwarves”), from πυγμή (pugmḗ, “fist (as small as a fist)”).

• IPA^(key): [pʲɪɡˈmʲej]

пигме́й • (pigméj) m anim (genitive пигме́я, nominative plural пигме́и, genitive plural пигме́ев, feminine пигме́йка, relational adjective пигме́йский)

1. pygmy (a member of various African peoples)