Archives for: "August 2009"
Спех, спешка
The words спех and спешка are nouns that mean “a hurry, a rush.” They are conversational words; you wouldn't write them in a formal paper. The former is particularly used in combination with the preposition к to mean “to be in a rush/hurry (to get… more »
Лоб
The Russian word for forehead is лоб. The о is a fleeting vowel, which means that any time you add a grammatical ending to the noun, the о drops out. Notice also that the word distinguishes a locative form «на лбу» “on the forehead” from the… more »
Мышца
Have you ever wondered where the word muscle comes from? It's from Latin. In Latin mūs means mouse. The suffix -culus is a diminutive suffix. Thus mūsculus means “little mouse,” which kind of makes sense since if you look at a muscle moving on your… more »
Подмышка
Подмышка is a fun word. The prefix под- means under, and the root мыш- means mouse. Thus подмышка means armpit, and doesn't that little bit of hair under your arm kind of look like a mouse? Sample sentences: Зачем нужна подмышка? Почему она потеет?… more »
Мышь (часть вторая)
Мышь also means mouse in the sense of a computer mouse. There are a lot of different kinds of mouses (mice?) out there, including: двухкнопочная мышь two-button mouse трёхкнопочная мышь three-button mouse лазерная мышь laser mouse When you talk about… more »