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обманка

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Russian

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Etymology

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обману́ть (obmanútʹ, “to deceive”) +‎ -ка (-ka)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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обма́нка • (obmánka) f inan (genitive обма́нки, nominative plural обма́нки, genitive plural обма́нок)

  1. (mineralogy) blende (from the fact that they are compounds of metals but are not metallic in appearance)
    рогова́я обма́нка ― rogovája obmánka ― hornblende, amphibole
    смоляна́я обма́нка ― smoljanája obmánka ― pitchblende
  2. (colloquial) deception, deceit, lie
  3. (art) trompe l'oeil

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