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лебедь

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *elbedь, *elbędь, *olbǫdь, from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós (white).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈlʲebʲɪtʲ]
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Noun

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ле́бедь (lébedʹm anim (genitive ле́бедя, nominative plural ле́беди, genitive plural лебеде́й, female equivalent лебёдка, relational adjective лебеди́ный or лебя́жий)
ле́бедь (lébedʹf anim (genitive ле́беди, nominative plural ле́беди, genitive plural лебеде́й, relational adjective лебеди́ный or лебя́жий) (poetic)

  1. swan
  2. (figurative, historical) one-hundred- or two-hundred-rouble note
    Synonym: бе́лый ле́бедь (bélyj lébedʹ)

Declension

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neutral-style:

poetic-style/literary:

Derived terms

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Compounds:

Descendants

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  • Karelian:

See also

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “лебедь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “лебедь”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 471

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