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Подмышкой 🆚️ Под мышкой 🔻Мышка [mysh-ka] is the diminutive name for мышь (мыши) (mouse, mice), but in Russian, this word also has another meaning – the muscleunder the shoulder joint. 🔻According to M. Fasmer's etymological dictionary, this name was given to this organ of movement due to the similarity of the contracting muscle, especially under the skin of the shoulder, to a running mouse. The word has Latin origin: mūs(mouse) → musculus (little mouse). ❗️So, let's figure it out: 🔢Подмышка(подмышки) (femin.noun) [pad-mysh-ka (pad-mysh-ki)] Underarm(s) 🔻This is a noun, written as one word, literally means the area under the muscle: the inner part of the shoulder joint or the part of the garment that falls on this place. • Рубашка давит в подмышках. The shirt is tight in the underarms. 🔢Под мышкой (adverb) [pad mysh-kay] Under one's arm 🔻This already an adverb, which answers the question how? in what way? 🔻There are some varians of this adverb: • Держать мышку под мышкой To hold a (toy) mouse under one's arm • Взять ребёнка под мышки To lift a child under the arms • Положить зонт под мышку To put an umbrella under one's arm 🎧🗣👇Не перепутайте! #tricky_words #crazy_Russian 😎RCR | Support | Boost