Russian

Noun

сельдь • ‎(selʹdʹ) f anim ‎(genitive се́льди, nominative plural се́льди, genitive plural сельде́й)

1. herring (Clupea)

   как се́льди в бо́чке‎ ― kak sélʹdi v bóčke ― like sardines (in a can)

Declension

Derived terms

• селёдка f ‎(seljódka) (colloqial)
• сельдь под шу́бой f ‎(selʹdʹ pod šúboj)

References

• Fasmer, Maks (1972), “сельдь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 3, translated from German and supplemented by Trubačev O. N., Moscow: Progress, page 597
• Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), “сельдь”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 152
• de Vries, Jan (1977) Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 475