шлюз

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch sluis or German Schleuse. Further from Latin exclūsus, p.p.p. of exclūdō. Piecewise cognate with исключи́ть (isključítʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʂlʲus]

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Noun

шлюз • (šljuz) m inan (genitive шлю́за, nominative plural шлю́зы, genitive plural шлю́зов, relational adjective шлюзово́й or шлю́зовый or шлю́зный)

1. lock, sluice (of a canal or dam)
2. airlock
3. (mining) sluice
4. (telecommunications, Internet) gateway

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	шлю́з šljúz	шлю́зы šljúzy
genitive	шлю́за šljúza	шлю́зов šljúzov
dative	шлю́зу šljúzu	шлю́зам šljúzam
accusative	шлю́з šljúz	шлю́зы šljúzy
instrumental	шлю́зом šljúzom	шлю́зами šljúzami
prepositional	шлю́зе šljúze	шлю́зах šljúzax

Further reading

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