облако

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic облакъ (oblakŭ), from Proto-Slavic *obolkъ. Displaced native Old East Slavic оболоко (oboloko).

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Noun

о́блако (óblakon inan (genitive о́блака, nominative plural облака́, genitive plural облако́в, diminutive о́блачко)

  1. (meteorology) cloud

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References

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