фугас

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	فۋگاس
Cyrillic	фугас
Latin	fugas

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian фуга́с (fugás), from French fougasse.

Noun

фугас • (fugas)

1. field explosive, landmine, fougasse mine

Derived terms

• фугасты (fugasty)

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fougasse. Omitting several steps, from Latin focus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fʊˈɡas]

Noun

фуга́с • (fugás) m inan (genitive фуга́са, nominative plural фуга́сы, genitive plural фуга́сов, relational adjective фуга́сный)

1. (military, historical) fougasse
2. (military) field explosive, explosive charge (planted in the ground or underwater), mine
3. (military, informal) a high explosive munition (of artillery shells, bombs, etc.)

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	фуга́с fugás	фуга́сы fugásy
genitive	фуга́са fugása	фуга́сов fugásov
dative	фуга́су fugásu	фуга́сам fugásam
accusative	фуга́с fugás	фуга́сы fugásy
instrumental	фуга́сом fugásom	фуга́сами fugásami
prepositional	фуга́се fugáse	фуга́сах fugásax

Related terms

Derived from Latin focus:

• пога́ча f (pogáča)
• фойе́ n (fojjé)
• фо́кус m (fókus)

References

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

Further reading

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