икра
Macedonian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *jьkrā, from Proto-Indo-European *ikʷ(e)r- (“fish egg”).
Russian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *jьkrā, from Proto-Indo-European *ikʷ(e)r- (“fish egg”).
Compare Proto-Indo-European to etymology of English roe (“fish eggs”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɪˈkra]
Audio (file)
Noun
икра́ • (ikrá) f inan (genitive икры́, nominative plural и́кры, genitive plural икр)
- (only singular) roe, spawn (of fish), also small eggs of frogs or other amphibia
- (only singular) caviar (as food)
- зерни́стая икра́ ― zernístaja ikrá ― soft caviar
- у́стричная икра́ ― ústričnaja ikrá ― spat
- (figuratively, only singular) paste (dish of mushrooms or vegetables minced into small particles)
- (usually in the plural) calf of the leg, (musculus gastrocnemius) gastrocnemius muscle
- игра́ть и́крами
- igrátʹ íkrami
- to repeatedly quickly tense and relax the calves of the legs
- (literally, “to play with the calves”)
- (obsolete) drifting ice floe (especially on a river)
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *ikra, *jьkrā, from Proto-Indo-European *ikʷ(e)r- (“fish egg”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /îkra/
- Hyphenation: и‧кра
Declension
Declension of икра
singular | |
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nominative | икра |
genitive | икре |
dative | икри |
accusative | икру |
vocative | икро |
locative | икри |
instrumental | икром |
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