облако

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic облакъ (oblakŭ), from Proto-Slavic *obolkъ. Displaced native Old East Slavic оболоко (oboloko). By surface analysis, об- (ob-) +‎ во́лок (vólok) +‎ (-o) (akin to волочи́ть (voločítʹ), влечь (vlečʹ)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈobɫəkə]
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Noun

о́блако • (óblakon inan (genitive о́блака, nominative plural облака́, genitive plural облако́в, diminutive о́блачко)

  1. (meteorology) cloud
    Near-synonym: ту́ча (túča)

Declension

Derived terms

Compound words:

  • малоо́блачный (maloóblačnyj)

Compounds:

  • вита́ть в облака́х impf (vitátʹ v oblakáx)

See also

References

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

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