метель
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *metělь.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): [mʲɪˈtʲelʲ]
Audio: (file) Audio (Saint Petersburg): (file)
Noun
[edit]мете́ль • (metélʹ) f inan (genitive мете́ли, nominative plural мете́ли, genitive plural мете́лей, relational adjective мете́льный, diminutive мете́лица)
- blizzard, snowstorm (verbal noun of мести́ (mestí) (nomen actionis instantiae; nomen agentis (compare капе́ль (kapélʹ))))
- 1836, Александр Пушкин, “Глава II. Вожатый”, in Капитанская дочка, London: Henry S. King & Co.; English translation from Ekaterina Telfer, transl., The Captain's Daughter, 1875:
- Я слыхал о тамошних метелях и знал, что целые обозы бывали ими занесены.
- Ja slyxal o tamošnix meteljax i znal, što celyje obozy byvali imi zaneseny.
- I had heard of the snow storms in those regions, and was aware that entire trains of waggons were sometimes overwhelmed by them.
Declension
[edit]Declension of мете́ль (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a)
Pre-reform declension of мете́ль (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a)
Derived terms
[edit]- мете́лить impf (metélitʹ), отмете́лить pf (otmetélitʹ)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “метель”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Shansky, N. M., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2007), “метель”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), number 10 (М), Moscow: Moscow University Press, →ISBN, page 170
- Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989), “метать”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 231
- (метель:) Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989), “метать”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 232
- Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010), “метель”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 1: (А – Начальство), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 513
Further reading
[edit]- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “месть”, 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.
- Kuznetsov, Sergey Alexandrovich (1998), “метель”, in Большой толковый словарь русского языка [Great Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Norint, →ISBN
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- Russian nouns with accent pattern a
- ru:Snow
- ru:Wind
