мель
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mel"
Russian
Alternative forms
- мѣль (mělʹ) — pre-1918 spelling (rare, normal spelling was мель (melʹ))
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mělъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mʲelʲ]
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Noun
мель • (melʹ) f inan (genitive ме́ли, nominative plural ме́ли, genitive plural ме́лей)
- shallow, shoal
- на мели́ ― na melí ― in low water, aground; penniless, broke, short of cash (literally and figuratively)
- вы́броситься на ме́ль ― výbrositʹsja na mélʹ ― to run aground
- снима́ть кора́бль с ме́ли ― snimátʹ koráblʹ s méli ― to get a ship off, to refloat a ship, to set a ship afloat
- сади́ться на ме́ль ― sadítʹsja na mélʹ ― to get into trouble
- посади́ть на ме́ль ― posadítʹ na mélʹ ― to beach, to strand
Declension
Pre-reform declension of мель (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a)
Derived terms
- меле́ть impf (melétʹ), обмеле́ть pf (obmelétʹ)
- на мели́ (na melí)
- о́тмель f (ótmelʹ)
Related terms
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “мель”, 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.
- See: Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “мелкий”, 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.