обеліск

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Ukrainian

 обеліск on Ukrainian Wikipedia
Долгоруковський обеліск у Сімферо́полі

Etymology

Borrowed from either German Obelisk or French obélisque, from Latin obeliscus, from Ancient Greek ὀβελίσκος (obelískos), from ὀβελός (obelós, spit, skewer).[1] Compare Russian обели́ск (obelísk), Belarusian абелі́ск (abjelísk).

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Noun

обелі́ск (obelískm inan (genitive обелі́ска, nominative plural обелі́ски, genitive plural обелі́сків)

  1. obelisk

Declension

References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “обеліск”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 128

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