жёлудь

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *želǫdь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gel-, *gil-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₂-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʐoɫʊtʲ]
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Noun

жёлудь • (žóludʹm inan (genitive жёлудя, nominative plural жёлуди, genitive plural желуде́й, relational adjective желудёвый)

  1. acorn
    Hypernym: плод (plod)
    Holonym: дуб (dub)

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “желудь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “жёлудь”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 297

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