смерч

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Russian

смерч

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic смьрьчь (smĭrĭčĭ, cloud). Cognates include сморка́ть (smorkátʹ, to blow one's nose), морок (morok, darkness, cloud, fog) and мрак (mrak, darkness)

Pronunciation

Noun

смерч (smerčm inan (genitive сме́рча, nominative plural сме́рчи, genitive plural сме́рчей)

  1. (meteorology) tornado, twister, whirlwind

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “смерч”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress