хвощ

Bulgarian

полски хвощ (Equisetum arvense)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xvoščь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xvɔʃt]

Noun

хвощ • (hvošt) m (relational adjective хво́щов)

1. horsetail (simple vascular spore plants of family Equisetaceae)

Declension

Declension of хвощ

	singular	plural
indefinite	хвощ hvošt	хво́щове hvóštove
definite (subject form)	хво́щът hvóštǎt	хво́щовете hvóštovete
definite (object form)	хво́ща hvóšta
count form	—	хво́ща hvóšta

Alternative forms

• хвош (hvoš) — dialectal

Related terms

• хвост (hvost, “bundle, inflorescence”)

References

• “хвощ”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “хвощ”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “хвощь”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 495

Russian

Alternative forms

• хвощъ (xvošč) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic [Term?], from Proto-Slavic *xvoščь, from *xvostъ (“tail”) + *-jь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xvoɕː]

Noun

хвощ • (xvošč) m inan (genitive хвоща́, nominative plural хвощи́, genitive plural хвоще́й, relational adjective хвощо́вый)

1. horsetail, mare's-tail (Equisetum)

Declension

Declension of хвощ (inan masc-form sibilant-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	хво́щ xvóšč	хвощи́ xvoščí
genitive	хвоща́ xvoščá	хвоще́й xvoščéj
dative	хвощу́ xvoščú	хвоща́м xvoščám
accusative	хво́щ xvóšč	хвощи́ xvoščí
instrumental	хвощо́м xvoščóm	хвоща́ми xvoščámi
prepositional	хвоще́ xvoščé	хвоща́х xvoščáx

Further reading

• хвощ in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru