чехарда

Russian

Alternative forms

  • чекарда́ (čekardá) — dialectal

Etymology

A Kipchak borrowing, in recent Tatar шыгырдий (şığırdiy), derived from шыгырдау (şığırdaw, “to craunch”), after onomatopoeic interjection шыгыр (şığır), шағыр akin to Chuvash шăкăр (šăkăr), Turkmen шығыр.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕɪxɐrˈda]

Noun

чехарда́ • (čexardá) f inan (genitive чехарды́, uncountable)

  1. leapfrog (children's game)
    Synonyms: лю́ди-ло́шади (ljúdi-lóšadi), слон (slon)
  2. confusion, mess

Declension

Declension of чехарда́ (inan sg-only fem-form hard-stem accent-b) 
singular
nominative чехарда́
čexardá
genitive чехарды́
čexardý
dative чехарде́
čexardé
accusative чехарду́
čexardú
instrumental чехардо́й, чехардо́ю
čexardój, čexardóju
prepositional чехарде́
čexardé
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