# росомаха
## Bulgarian
### Noun

росома́ха • (rosomáha) f
* wolverine

#### See also

* ла́комец m (lákomec)

## Old Ruthenian
### Alternative forms

* росома́ка (rosomáka), росома́къ m (rosomák)

### Etymology

Etymology unclear. Possibly a taboo metathesis from Proto-Slavic *sormaxa, whence dialectal Ukrainian сорома́ха (soromáxa, “wolverine”) and dialectal Belarusian сарома́ха (saromáxa, “wolverine”). Compare modern Russian росома́ха (rosomáxa), россома́ха (rossomáxa) (from Middle Russian росома́ха (rosomáxa), россома́ха (rossomáxa), attested from early 17th c.) and Old Novgorodian росомуха (rosomuxa) (attested in the 14th c.).

### Noun

росомаха • (rosomaxa) f animal (related adjective росома́ховый)
* wolverine

#### Derived terms

* Росома́къ m (Rosomák) (Old Ukrainian surname)

#### Descendants

* Belarusian: расама́ха (rasamáxa); росома́ха (rosomáxa) (dialectal)
* Carpathian Rusyn: росома́к m (rosomák)
* Ukrainian: росома́ха (rosomáxa), росома́х m (rosomáx); росома́к m (rosomák) (dialectal)
* →? Polish: rosomak, rosomach, rosmak
** → Czech: rosomák
** → Hungarian: rozsomák
** → Lower Sorbian: rusmak
** → New Latin: rosomacus
** → Slovak: rosomák

### References

* ↑ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “росома́ха”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 124
* ↑ Tsykhun, G. A., editor (2006), “расама́ха₁”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 11 (раб – сая́н), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 111

### Further reading

* Bulyka, A. M., editor (2010), “росомаха, росомака”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 30 (ралецъ – рушать), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 377
* Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “*росомакъ”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 303

## Russian
### Alternative forms

* россома́ха (rossomáxa)

### Etymology

Inherited from Middle Russian росома́ха (rosomáxa), россома́ха (rossomáxa), attested from early 17th c.; росома́ка (rosomáka), россома́ка (rossomáka), росома́къ m (rosomák), attested from middle 16th c. Further etymology unclear.
Per Trubachev, possibly a taboo metathesis from соромаха, still present in some Ukrainian dialects, from hypothetical Proto-Slavic form *sormaxa, therefore cognate with Proto-Germanic *harmô, Latvian sermulis and Lithuanian šarmuõ, šermuõ, šermuonė̃lis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [rəsɐˈmaxə]

### Noun

росома́ха • (rosomáxa) f anim (genitive росома́хи, nominative plural росома́хи, genitive plural росома́х)
* wolverine

#### Descendants

* → Avar: рожамак (rožamak)
* →? Bulgarian: росома́ха (rosomáha)
* → Eastern Mari: рожамак (rožamak)
* →? Serbo-Croatian: rosomah
* →? Slovene: rosomȃh
* → Uzbek: rosomaxa

### References

* ↑ Bogatova, G. A., editor (1997), “росомаха, россомаха и росомуха”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.] (in Russian), issue 22 (раскидатися – рященко), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 216
* ↑ Bogatova, G. A., editor (1997), “росомакъ; росомака, россомака”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.] (in Russian), issue 22 (раскидатися – рященко), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 215
* Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “росомаха”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress