керосин
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Kazakh
| Alternative scripts | |
|---|---|
| Arabic | كەروسين |
| Cyrillic | керосин |
| Latin | kerosin |
Alternative forms
- кәресін (käresın)
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian кероси́н (kerosín), from English kerosene.
Noun
керосин • (kerosin)
Synonyms
- жермай (jermai)
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from English kerosene.
Pronunciation
Noun
кероси́н • (kerosín) m inan (genitive кероси́на, uncountable, relational adjective кероси́нный or кероси́новый, diminutive кероси́нчик)
- kerosene
- 1885, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], Мелюзга; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Small Fry, 1918:
- Ла́мпа, в кото́рой кероси́н был уже́ на исхо́де, копти́ла и воня́ла га́рью.
- Lámpa, v kotóroj kerosín byl užé na isxóde, koptíla i vonjála gárʹju.
- The lamp, in which the kerosene was getting low, was smoking and smelling.
Declension
Declension of кероси́н (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | кероси́н kerosín |
| genitive | кероси́на kerosína |
| dative | кероси́ну kerosínu |
| accusative | кероси́н kerosín |
| instrumental | кероси́ном kerosínom |
| prepositional | кероси́не kerosíne |
Related terms
Adjectives Nouns
- керога́з m (kerogáz)
- кероси́нка f (kerosínka)
- кероси́нщик m (kerosínščik), кероси́нщица f (kerosínščica)
Verbs
- кероси́нить impf (kerosínitʹ)