лавр
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See also: Лавр
Russian
Alternative forms
- лавръ (lavr) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
лавр • (lavr) m inan (genitive ла́вра, nominative plural ла́вры, genitive plural ла́вров, relational adjective ла́вровый or лавро́вый)
- laurel, bay tree
- почива́ть на ла́врах ― počivátʹ na lávrax ― rest on one's laurels
Declension
Derived terms
- лаврови́шня f (lavrovíšnja)
- ла́вровый (lávrovyj), лавро́вый (lavróvyj)
- лавро́вый лист m (lavróvyj list)
- лавру́шка f (lavrúška)
- ла́вры m pl (lávry)
- ла́вры победи́теля m pl (lávry pobedítelja) (ла́вры побе́ды m pl (lávry pobédy), побе́дные ла́вры m pl (pobédnyje lávry))
Related terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Noun
лавр • (lavr) f inan pl
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
лавр • (lavr) m inan (genitive ла́вра, nominative plural ла́ври, genitive plural ла́врів, relational adjective ла́вровий or лавро́вий)
- laurel, bay, tree in the genus Laurus,
- Орішник широко повис; Черешні з лаврами сплелися; Сяга до неба кипарис (Яків Щоголів, Поезії, 1958, 233)
- Orišnyk šyroko povys; Čerešni z lavramy splelysja; Sjaha do neba kyparys (Jakiv Ščoholiv, Poeziji, 1958, 233)
- The hazel tree hung wide
cherries and laurels intertwined
a cypress reaching toward the sky
- bay leaf, the leaves of this tree used as a culinary herb
- (in the plural) a wreath or branch of this tree as a symbol of glory, victory
- (in the plural) fame, glory, victory
- Поети, мов діти, їм милі тріумфи, і лаври, і квіти, І вабить їм очі великая слава
- Poety, mov dity, jim myli triumfy, i lavry, i kvity, I vabytʹ jim oči velykaja slava
- Poets, like children, are fond of triumphs, and laurels, and flowers; and great glory beckons their eyes
- Добувати лаврів
- Dobuvaty lavriv
- to win laurels, to a achieve fame, praise, success
- спочивати на лаврах
- spočyvaty na lavrax
- to rest on (one's) laurels
Declension
Declension of лавр (inan hard masc-form accent-a)
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “лавр”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “лавр”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
лавр • (lavr) f inan pl