молочай
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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *melčajь, further from Proto-Slavic *melko.
Pronunciation
Noun
молоча́й • (moločáj) m inan (genitive молоча́я, nominative plural молоча́и, genitive plural молоча́ев, relational adjective молоча́йный)
- spurge
- 1887, Антон Чехов , Счастье; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Happiness, 1918:
- Пе́рвый у́тренний ветеро́к без шо́роха, осторо́жно шевеля́ молоча́ем и бу́рыми сте́блями прошлого́днего бурья́на, пробежа́л вдоль доро́ги.
- Pérvyj útrennij veterók bez šóroxa, ostoróžno ševeljá moločájem i búrymi stébljami prošlogódnevo burʹjána, probežál vdolʹ dorógi.
- The first noiseless breeze of morning, cautiously stirring the spurges and the brown stalks of last year's grass, fluttered along the road.
Declension
Declension of молоча́й (inan masc-form vowel-stem accent-a)
Related terms
- молоко́ n (molokó)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “молочай”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Shansky, N. M., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2007), “молочай”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), number 10 (М), Moscow: Moscow University Press, →ISBN, page 291
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “молочай”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
- See: Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “молоки”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
- See: Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “млеко”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
- See: Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “молоки”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.