фиалка

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Ruthenian фїа́лка (fiálka) (att. early 17th c.) at the turn of 18th c., itself with a gender change from Middle Polish fiałek, a variant of fiołek, from Old Polish fiołek (att. 1447), from Middle High German vîol, from Latin viola (whence also фиоле́товый (fiolétovyj)).

Compare typologically ро́за (róza) (whence ро́зовый (rózovyj)), ли́лия (lílija) (akin to лило́вый (lilóvyj)). Also note цвет (cvet), цвето́к (cvetók).

Also note female personal names Вио́ла (Vióla) (Виоле́тта (Violétta)), Ро́за (Róza), Ли́лия (Lílija).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fʲɪˈaɫkə]
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Noun

фиа́лка • (fiálkaf inan (genitive фиа́лки, nominative plural фиа́лки, genitive plural фиа́лок, relational adjective фиа́лковый)

  1. (botany) violet

Declension

Hyponyms

Compounds of the term:

Descendants

  • Yiddish: פֿיאַלקע (fyalke)

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