оболонка

Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *bòlna (“membrane”).

• IPA^(key): [ɔbɔˈɫɔnkɐ]

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оболо́нка • (obolónka) f inan (genitive оболо́нки, nominative plural оболо́нки, genitive plural оболо́нок)

1. cover, envelope
2. (anatomy) membrane

   Synonym: мембра́на f (membrána)

   сітча́ста оболо́нка ― sitčásta obolónka ― retina (literally, “mesh membrane”)

3. (figuratively) shell (outward form independent of what is inside)
4. (technology) casing, enclosure, shell

   водонепроникна́ оболо́нка ― vodonepronykná obolónka ― waterproof casing

5. (computing) shell
6. (dialectal) synonym of ши́бка f (šýbka, “windowpane”)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “оболонка”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2020), “оболонка”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 11 (обмін – оя́снювати), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “оболонка”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “оболонка”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “оболонка”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “оболонка”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “оболонка”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)
• Оболонка операційної системи on the Ukrainian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^uk