полынь
Russian
From Old Church Slavonic пелынь (pelynĭ). Compare Bulgarian пели́н (pelín), Czech peluň, Polish piołun. Per Vasmer, a connection with пали́ть (palítʹ, “to burn, scorch”) and поле́но (poléno, “(burning)log”) is possible
Pronunciation
Noun
полы́нь • (polýnʹ) f inan (genitive полы́ни, nominative plural полы́ни, genitive plural полы́ней)
Declension
Declension of полы́нь (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a)
Categories:
- Russian terms derived from Old Church Slavonic
- Russian 2-syllable words
- Russian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Russian lemmas
- Russian nouns
- Russian feminine nouns
- Russian inanimate nouns
- Russian 3rd-declension feminine-form nouns
- Russian 3rd-declension feminine-form accent-a nouns
- Russian nouns with accent pattern a
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