сметье

Russian

Alternative forms

  • сметьё (smetʹjó)
  • смитьё (smitʹjó)Odessa, Ukraine, non-standard

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sъmetьje. Cognates include Ukrainian сміття́ (smittjá) or смі́ття (smíttja), Belarusian сме́цце (smjéccje) or dialectal смяццё (smjaccjó), Polish śmiecie, Czech smetí, Serbo-Croatian smeće.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsmʲetʲje]

Noun

сме́тье • (smétʹjen inan (genitive сме́тья, nominative plural сме́тья, genitive plural сме́тий)

  1. (dialectal, usually uncountable) garbage, junk, rubbish
    Synonym: му́сор (músor)

Declension

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сметье”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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