пурга

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Finnic language, from Proto-Finnic *purku.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pʊrˈɡa]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

пурга́ • (purgá) f inan (genitive пурги́, nominative plural пурги́, genitive plural пург)

  1. blizzard, snowstorm
    Synonym: мете́ль (metélʹ)
  2. (colloquial) nonsense
  3. Purga (Soviet and Russian icebreaker)

Declension

Declension of пурга́ (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-b) 
singular plural
nominative пурга́
purgá 		пурги́
purgí
genitive пурги́
purgí 		пу́рг
púrg
dative пурге́
purgé 		пурга́м
purgám
accusative пургу́
purgú 		пурги́
purgí
instrumental пурго́й, пурго́ю
purgój, purgóju 		пурга́ми
purgámi
prepositional пурге́
purgé 		пурга́х
purgáx
Pre-reform declension of пурга́ (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-b) 
singular plural
nominative пурга́
purgá 		пурги́
purgí
genitive пурги́
purgí 		пу́ргъ
púrg
dative пургѣ́
purgě́ 		пурга́мъ
purgám
accusative пургу́
purgú 		пурги́
purgí
instrumental пурго́й, пурго́ю
purgój, purgóju 		пурга́ми
purgámi
prepositional пургѣ́
purgě́ 		пурга́хъ
purgáx

Derived terms

  • пуржи́ть (puržítʹ, verb)

Descendants

  • → French: pourga
  • → Yakut: буурҕа (buurğa)
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