волокно

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *volkъnò.

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Noun

волокно́ (voloknón inan (genitive волокна́, nominative plural воло́кна, genitive plural воло́кон, relational adjective волоко́нный, diminutive волоко́нце)

  1. fibre, filament
  2. grain (of wood)

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Further reading

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

Ukrainian

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian волокно (volokno), from Proto-Slavic *volkъnò.

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Noun

волокно́ (voloknón inan (genitive волокна́, nominative plural воло́кна, genitive plural воло́кон, relational adjective волоко́нний, diminutive волоко́нце)

  1. (countable) fibre, filament (single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section)
  2. (uncountable, collective) fibre (material in the form of fibres)
    Hyponym: пря́диво n (prjádyvo)
  3. (cytology, countable, chiefly in the plural) fibre (long tubular cell found in living tissue)

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