лезо

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic лезъ (lezŭ, “point of a blade”). Further etymology is unclear. Trubachyov proposes that the term came from the honey hunting lexicon and is related to лі́зти (lízty, “to climb”). Compare Russian ле́звие (lézvije), Belarusian лязо́ (ljazó).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɫɛzɔ]

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Noun

ле́зо • (lézo) n inan (genitive ле́за, nominative plural ле́за, genitive plural лез)

1. blade, cutting edge (sharp-edged part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts)

   Synonym: клино́к m (klynók)

2. razor blade

   ле́зо безпе́чної бри́тви ― lézo bezpéčnoji brýtvy ― safety razor blade

Declension

Declension of ле́зо (inan hard neut-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	ле́зо lézo	ле́за léza
genitive	ле́за léza	лез lez
dative	ле́зу lézu	ле́зам lézam
accusative	ле́зо lézo	ле́за léza
instrumental	ле́зом lézom	ле́зами lézamy
locative	ле́зі lézi	ле́зах lézax
vocative	ле́зо lézo	ле́за léza

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “лезо”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2017), “лезо”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 8 (л – мішу́рний), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “лезо”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “лезо”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “лезо”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “лезо”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “лезо”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)