взвесь

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vzvʲesʲ]
  • Rhymes: -esʲ

Etymology 1

Calque of New Latin suspensio, whence also суспе́нзия (suspénzija); from вз- (vz-) +‎ весь (vesʹ).

Noun

взвесь • (vzvesʹf inan (genitive взве́си, nominative plural взве́си, genitive plural взве́сей)

  1. suspension, dredge
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Etymology 2

Verb

взвесь • (vzvesʹ)

  1. second-person singular imperative perfective of взве́сить (vzvésitʹ)

References

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “взвесь”, in Kalʹki v russkom jazyke poslepetrovskovo perioda. Opyt slovarja [Calques in Post-Petrine Russian. An Essay of a Dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 66