гиря

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic гыря (gyrja). Cognate with Ukrainian ги́ря (hýrja), Belarusian гіря (hirja). Vasmer connects it to the root of гвор (gvor, “bladder, tumor”), ultimately PIE *gʷreh₂- (“heavy”). The phonology is difficult and may show Iranian influence (Proto-Indo-Iranian *gr̥Húš, modern Persian گران‎ (gerân, “heavy”)).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɡʲirʲə]
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Noun
гиря

ги́ря • (gírja) f inan (genitive ги́ри, nominative plural ги́ри, genitive plural гирь)

  1. weight for measuring
  2. kettlebell, girya

Declension
Declension of ги́ря (inan fem-form soft-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative ги́ря
gírja		 ги́ри
gíri
genitive ги́ри
gíri		 ги́рь
gírʹ
dative ги́ре
gíre		 ги́рям
gírjam
accusative ги́рю
gírju		 ги́ри
gíri
instrumental ги́рей, ги́рею
gírej, gíreju		 ги́рями
gírjami
prepositional ги́ре
gíre		 ги́рях
gírjax
  • гирево́й (girevój)

Descendants
  • → Bulgarian: ги́ра (gíra)
  • → English: girya

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