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жор

rare #53651
nounmasculineinanimateuncountablecolloquial
  • 1.

    ravenous appetite, binge eating, munchies, gorging

    У меня́ сего́дня како́й-то жор, съел уже́ три куска́ пи́ццы.

    I'm on a real binge today - I've already eaten three slices of pizza.

    Colloquial. Denotes a spell of intense, hard-to-control eating; often used jokingly about oneself.

  • 2.

    feeding frenzy (of fish), biting period, good biting timefishing

    После не́реста у щу́ки начина́ется жор.

    After spawning the pike go into a feeding frenzy.

    Angling term, especially for the spell after spawning when fish take the bait eagerly.

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Declension

SingularPlural
Nom.Nominative

жо́р

жо́ры

Gen.Genitive

жо́ра

жо́ров

Dat.Dative

жо́ру

жо́рам

Acc.Accusative

жо́р

жо́ры

Inst.Instrumental

жо́ром

жо́рами

Prep.Prepositional

жо́ре

жо́рах

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  • Iron edited translation 1 week ago.
  • aghost edited translation and tags 1 year ago.
  • Lucian edited noun basics 7 years ago.