колобок

See also: Колобок

Russian

Etymology

Most likely from ко́лоб (kólob, a ball, a lump (dialectal)) +‎ -ок (-ok, little thing); then inherited from Old East Slavic колобъ (kolobŭ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kəɫɐˈbok]
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Noun

колобо́к • (kolobókm anim or m inan (genitive колобка́, nominative plural колобки́, genitive plural колобко́в)

  1. (inanimate) kolobok (a round loaf)
  2. (animate, colloquial, humorous) a plump and round person of a short height; anyone resembling a character in the well-known East Slavic fairy-tale Kolobok

Declension