ефимок

Russian

Etymology

Ефи́м (Jefím) +‎ -ок (-ok), from a colloquial confusion of the names Ефи́м (Jefím) and Иоаки́м (Ioakím, Joachim), referring to German Joachimsthaler and to the image of Saint Joachim on the obverse of the coin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [(j)ɪˈfʲimək]

Noun

ефи́мок • (jefímokm inan (genitive ефи́мка, nominative plural ефи́мки, genitive plural ефи́мков)

  1. (historical) thaler, Joachimsthaler (former Russian name for the Bohemian silver coin)

Declension