fox; cunning and sly person · The British Empire, the United Kingdom, or England
çekim: çoğul روباهان
köken: From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (lwpʾh /rōbāh/, “fox”), from Old Persian *raupāθah (“fox”), from Proto-Iranian *Hrawpācáh. Cognate with Baluchi روپاسک (ròpàsk).
fox (both the "true foxes" of the Old World and North America, and the "false foxes" of Latin America) · vixen (female fox) · opossum (any American marsupial of the family Didelphidae)
çekim: çoğul raposas
eş: gambá
köken: Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese raposa, from Old Spanish raposa.
aile: casamento de raposa, raposa no galinheiro, raposa-cinzenta, raposa-do-ártico, raposa-do-cabo, raposa-vermelha, raposada, raposo
– Os homens, disse a raposa, têm fuzis e caçam. É bem incômodo!
köken: From Byzantine Greek ἀλωπού (alōpoú), ἀλωπώ (alōpṓ), from Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx), from Proto-Hellenic *alōpēkos (similar to Old Armenian աղուէս (ałuēs)), diminutive of Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl(o)p ~ *h₂ulp (“(red) fox”) (compare Latin volpēs, Lithuanian lãpė, Albanian dhelpër, Persian روباه (rubâh)).
fox, vixen · a cunning and deceptive person · a sly young girl
eş: 여시
köken: From Middle Korean 여ᅀᆞ (yèzò). First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as a connective form 여ᇫㅇ (Yale: yèzG-). Presumed classical word stem *jɔzɦ or *jɔzɣ is still evidenced in some dialects (compare dialectal forms 여수 (yeosu), 여시 (yeosi), 여끼 (yeokki), 영 (yeong), 영끼 (yeongkki), etc.).
fox (mammal) · an experienced (often as "gammal räv") and/or cunning person
çekim: çoğul rävar · tamlayan rävs
köken: From Old Norse refr, from Proto-Norse *rebaʀ, ultimately borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawpāćás (“fox, jackal”), through some intermediaries.
aile: fjällräv, ha en räv bakom örat, katträv, rävaktig, rävaktighet, rävboa, rävfarm, rävgift, rävgryt, rävhona
fox, Vulpes, genus within the family Canidae · vixen, female fox · fox (fur)
çekim: çoğul lišky · tamlayan lišky
eş: lišák
köken: Inherited from Old Czech liška, from Proto-Slavic *lišьka, from *lisъ. Nowadays form of the expression liška was probably also influenced by Proto-Slavic *lixъ (“bad”), maybe because the original word was taboo. Etymology of the expression *lisъ is not clear. It is often connected with Lithuanian lãpė, Latvian lapsa, Irish lois, Latin vulpes, Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx), Old Armenian աղուէս…
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