Semantics

У неё бІли мђленькие, красќвые џши, котћрые очљнь мќло краснљли на морћзе. She had small, beautiful ears which turned appealingly pink from the cold.
Собђка зђмерла и насторожќла џши. The dog stood still and pricked its ears.
This entry is concerned with the use of the word џхо "ear" to refer to human and animal ears; special notes are provided when animal ears require specific expressions (mostly for describing the appearance and the movements of ears). Some of the expressions normally used to refer to human ears may be also used to refer to ears of animals, especially domestic animals and pets. Common sense will dictate which of the expressions can or cannot be used to refer to animals.

The word џхо, mostly in the singular, but sometimes, informally, in the plural form џши, is also used to mean "the sense of hearing, the ability to hear." In this meaning, the word џхо combines with very few expressions; these are also described in this entry, marked with a special note.

The word џхо is also used in the sense "an unusual perceptiveness for certain things," as in охћтничье џхо "a hunter's ear," музІкальное џхо "a musician's ear." This meaning is not treated in this dictionary.