кресло

Russian

Alternative forms

• крѣ́сло (krě́slo) (Pre-reform orthography (1918))

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *krěslo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkrʲeslə]

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Noun

кре́сло • (kréslo) n inan (genitive кре́сла, nominative plural кре́сла, genitive plural кре́сел)

1. armchair, easy chair
2. theater stall
3. responsible position, post

Declension

Declension of кре́сло (inan neut-form hard-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	кре́сло kréslo	кре́сла krésla
genitive	кре́сла krésla	кре́сел krésel
dative	кре́слу kréslu	кре́слам kréslam
accusative	кре́сло kréslo	кре́сла krésla
instrumental	кре́слом kréslom	кре́слами kréslami
prepositional	кре́сле krésle	кре́слах kréslax

Descendants

• → Armenian: կրեսլո (kreslo) (colloquial)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “кресло”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Oleg Trubačóv, Moscow: Progress