оболочка

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Russian оболочка (oboločka), from оболочити (oboločiti) +‎ -ка (-ka) or from Proto-Slavic *obolčьka, from *obolka +‎ *-ьka, from *obelťi, from *ob- +‎ *velťi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐbɐˈɫot͡ɕkə]
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Noun

оболо́чка • (obolóčkaf inan (genitive оболо́чки, nominative plural оболо́чки, genitive plural оболо́чек, relational adjective оболо́чечный or оболо́чковый or оболо́чный)

  1. cover, envelope, shell
  2. (biology) capsule, outward form
  3. (anatomy) membrane
  4. (technology) jacket, casing
  5. (computing) shell (environment)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Ingrian: obolocka

References

  • Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*obvolčьka I/*obvolčьkъ I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 31 (*obvelčenьje – *obžьniviny), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 80