еврей
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἑβραῖος (Hebraîos), from Aramaic עִבְרָי (ʿiḇrāy), from Hebrew עִבְרִי ('ivrí, ʿiḇrī), from Hebrew עבר ('éver, ʿéḇer).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]евре́й • (jevréj) m anim (genitive евре́я, nominative plural евре́и, genitive plural евре́ев, feminine евре́йка, relational adjective евре́йский, diminutive евре́йчик)
- Jew, Hebrew
- Antonym: (Judaism) гой (goj)
- соблюда́ющий евре́й ― sobljudájuščij jevréj ― observant Jew
- евре́й-хаси́д ― jevréj-xasíd ― Hasidic Jew
Usage notes
[edit]- The word евре́й is used to refer to any person of Jewish ancestry, regardless of religious beliefs. When specifically referring to a follower of Judaism, the words иуде́й (iudéj) and иудаи́ст (iudaíst) are used.
Declension
[edit]Declension of евре́й (anim masc-form vowel-stem accent-a)
Pre-reform declension of евре́й (anim masc-form vowel-stem accent-a)
Hyponyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- евре́йский (jevréjskij, adjective)
- евре́йство (jevréjstvo, “Jewry”)
- евре́йчик m (jevréjčik)
Descendants
[edit]- → Armenian: եվրեյ (evrey), եվրե (evre) — even more colloquial
- → Ingrian: jevree
- → Karelian: jevrei
- → Livvi: jeyrei
- → Yakut: дьэбириэй (jebiriey)
See also
[edit]Categories:
- Russian terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Russian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Russian terms derived from Aramaic
- Russian terms derived from Hebrew
- Russian 2-syllable words
- Russian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Russian terms with audio links
- Russian lemmas
- Russian nouns
- Russian masculine nouns
- Russian animate nouns
- Russian terms with usage examples
- Russian vowel-stem masculine-form nouns
- Russian vowel-stem masculine-form accent-a nouns
- Russian nouns with accent pattern a
- ru:Ethnonyms
- ru:Judaism