потолок

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Russian[edit]

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]

  • IPA(key): [pətɐˈɫok]
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

потоло́к (potolókm inan (genitive потолка́, nominative plural потолки́, genitive plural потолко́в, relational adjective потоло́чный)

  1. ceiling
    плева́ть в потоло́кplevátʹ v potolókto sit around doing nothing
    взять с потолка́vzjatʹ s potolkáto make up, to spin out of thin air
  2. (figuratively) upper limit
  3. (figuratively) limit in someone's development
  4. (aviation) roof
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Descendants[edit]
  • Armenian: պատալոկ (patalok)
  • Georgian: პატალოკი (ṗaṭaloḳi)

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

потоло́к (potolók)

  1. masculine singular past indicative perfective of потоло́чь (potolóčʹ)