дёготь

Etymology
, from, from. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Likely a Baltic borrowing (cf. 🇨🇬 : ; 🇨🇬 : ). Absent in the South Slavic languages. Compare.

Non-Slavic cognates include 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) tar, pitch

Usage notes
In the oblique cases, the г used to be pronounced like х: дёгтя = djóxtja. This pronunciation is now considered dated.