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Russian
Etymology 1
за- (za-) + пах- (pax-)
Pronunciation
Noun
за́пах • (zápax) m inan (genitive за́паха, nominative plural за́пахи, genitive plural за́пахов)
- smell, odor, scent (sensation)
- Synonyms: дух (dux), амбре́ (ambrɛ́)
1973, Михаил Булгаков, “Глава II. Понтий Пилат”, in Мастер и Маргарита; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Master and Margarita, London: Penguin Books, 1997:Более всего на свете прокуратор ненавидел запах розового масла, и все теперь предвещало нехороший день, так как запах этот начал преследовать прокуратора с рассвета.- Boleje vsevo na svete prokurator nenavidel zapax rozovovo masla, i vse teperʹ predveščalo nexorošij denʹ, tak kak zapax etot načal presledovatʹ prokuratora s rassveta.
- More than anything in the world the procurator hated the smell of rose oil, and now everything foreboded a bad day, because this smell had been pursuing the procurator since dawn.
Declension
Etymology 2
From запа́хивать (zapáxivatʹ).
Pronunciation
Noun
запа́х • (zapáx) m inan (genitive запа́ха, nominative plural запа́хи, genitive plural запа́хов)
- wrap over (lapel, tails, etc.)
Declension
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Verb
запа́х • (zapáx)
- short masculine singular past indicative perfective of запа́хнуть (zapáxnutʹ)
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
Noun
за́пах • (zápax) m inan (genitive за́паху, nominative plural за́пахи, genitive plural за́пахів)
- smell, odor, scent (sensation)
- Synonym: пах (pax)
Declension
Declension of за́пах (inan velar masc-form accent-a)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “запах”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “запах”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- “запах”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)