мениск

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μηνίσκος (mēnískos).

Compare natively formed Polish łąkotka, łękotka **лякотка (Proto-Slavic *lęťi, *lękъ, *lǫkъ, Russian отля́чить (otljáčitʹ), ля́кий (ljákij), ля́ка (ljáka), лук (luk)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲɪˈnʲisk]

Noun

мени́ск • (menísk) m inan (genitive мени́ска, nominative plural мени́ски, genitive plural мени́сков, relational adjective мени́сковый)

1. (optics, physics, anatomy) meniscus

Declension

Declension of мени́ск (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	мени́ск menísk	мени́ски meníski
genitive	мени́ска meníska	мени́сков menískov
dative	мени́ску menísku	мени́скам menískam
accusative	мени́ск menísk	мени́ски meníski
instrumental	мени́ском menískom	мени́сками menískami
prepositional	мени́ске meníske	мени́сках menískax

Related terms

Related via Ancient Greek μείς (meís):

• менопа́уза f (menopáuza)

Native

Related via Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s:

• ме́сяц m (mésjac)

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “мениск”, 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.