утёс

Russian

Alternative forms

• утёсъ (utjós) — pre-1918 spelling

Etymology

From утеса́ть (utesátʹ), теса́ть (tesátʹ, “to hew, to cleave”).

Compare typologically скала́ (skalá) (akin to щель (ščelʹ), расще́лина (rasščélina)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʊˈtʲɵs]

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Noun

утёс • (utjós) m inan (genitive утёса, nominative plural утёсы, genitive plural утёсов)

1. rock, cliff, crag

Declension

Declension of утёс (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	утёс utjós	утёсы utjósy
genitive	утёса utjósa	утёсов utjósov
dative	утёсу utjósu	утёсам utjósam
accusative	утёс utjós	утёсы utjósy
instrumental	утёсом utjósom	утёсами utjósami
prepositional	утёсе utjóse	утёсах utjósax

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “утесывать”, 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.