потолок
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Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Slavic *potolъkъ, from *tьlo (“ground, bottom”), from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂-o- (“ground”), from *telh₂- (“to bear, carry”). Cognates include Sanskrit तल (tala, “surface, bottom”), Latin tellūs (“ground, land”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
потоло́к • (potolók) m inan (genitive потолка́, nominative plural потолки́, genitive plural потолко́в, relational adjective потоло́чный)
- ceiling
- плева́ть в потоло́к ― plevátʹ v potolók ― to sit around doing nothing
- взять с потолка́ ― vzjatʹ s potolká ― to make up, to spin out of thin air
- (figuratively) upper limit
- (figuratively) limit in someone's development
- (aviation) roof
Declension[edit]
Declension of потоло́к (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-b reduc)
Alternative forms[edit]
- потоло́къ (potolók) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Antonyms[edit]
- пол m (pol)
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
потоло́к • (potolók)
- masculine singular past indicative perfective of потоло́чь (potolóčʹ)
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