irbis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian и́рбис (írbis).

Noun

irbis (plural not attested)

  1. (uncommon) snow leopard (large feline mammal, Uncia uncia, native to mountain ranges of central Asia)
    • 1893, John Martin Crawford, U.S. Consul General to Russia, transl., The Industries of Russia, volume 5: Siberia and the Great Siberian Railway, St Petersburg, Chapter VI. The Kirghiz Steppe Region, page 83 GB:
      The tiger and the irbis (felis irbis) reach the northern limit of their distribution in the reeds of Balkhash, but occasionally stray northward into the neighbourhood of the Alatau.

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian и́рбис (írbis).

Noun

irbis m

  1. snow leopard (large feline mammal, Uncia uncia, native to mountain ranges of central Asia)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Irbis.

Noun

irbis m (plural irbiși)

  1. snow leopard (Panthera uncia)

Declension
Declension of irbis
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) irbis irbisul (niște) irbiși irbișii
genitive/dative (unui) irbis irbisului (unor) irbiși irbișilor
vocative irbisule irbișilor
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