миндаль

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Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic мигдалъ (migdalŭ) possibly through Polish migdał, from Latin amygdalus, from Greek ἀμύγδαλος (amúgdalos), ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē), ἀμυγδάλιον (amugdálion), of Semitic origin.[1] Cognate with Belarusian мігда́л (mihdál), German Mandel, Romanian migdal, Ukrainian мигда́ль (myhdálʹ). See more at amygdalum. Doublet of мандо́рла (mandórla).

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Noun

минда́ль (mindálʹm inan (genitive миндаля́, nominative plural миндали́, genitive plural миндале́й, relational adjective минда́льный)

  1. almond (nut)
    • 1884, Николай Лесков [Nikolai Leskov], “Глава первая. Барин.”, in Отборное зерно; English translation from (Please provide a date or year):
      В жизнь мою́ я никогда́ ещё тако́го кру́пного, чи́стого и по́лного зерна́ не ви́дывал. То́чно э́то и не пшени́ца, а отбо́рный минда́ль, как, быва́ло, в де́тстве вида́л у себя́ до́ма, когда́ ма́тушка к Па́схе таки́м миндалём куличи́ украша́ла.
      V žiznʹ mojú ja nikogdá ješčó takóvo krúpnovo, čístovo i pólnovo zerná ne vídyval. Tóčno éto i ne pšeníca, a otbórnyj mindálʹ, kak, byválo, v détstve vidál u sebjá dóma, kogdá mátuška k Pásxe takím mindaljóm kuličí ukrašála.
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  1. almond (tree)

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References

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