сабля
See also: сабља
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic саблꙗ (sablja), from Proto-Slavic *sabľa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsablʲə]
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Noun
са́бля • (sáblja) f inan (genitive са́бли, nominative plural са́бли, genitive plural са́бель, relational adjective са́бельный, diminutive са́белька, augmentative са́блища)
- saber, cutlass
- (military, dated) rider, cavalryman (as a counting unit of military strength, see also штык)
Declension
Declension of са́бля (inan fem-form soft-stem accent-a reduc)
Pre-reform declension of са́бля (inan fem-form soft-stem accent-a reduc)
Derived terms
- сабли́ст m anim (sablíst)
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “сабля”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
- сабля in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru