оболок

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Ukrainian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *obolkъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

о́болок (óbolokm inan (genitive о́болока, nominative plural о́болоки, genitive plural о́болоків)

  1. (archaic, poetic) cloud
    Synonym: (neutral term) хма́ра (xmára)
Declension

References


Etymology 2

Cognate with Slovene oblok. The expected Ukrainian form would be *віблок, the form оболок is due to conflation with #Etymology 1.

Pronunciation

Noun

оболо́к (obolókm inan (genitive оболка́, nominative plural оболки́, genitive plural оболкі́в)

  1. (dialectal) window
    Synonym: (standard term) вікно́ (viknó)
Declension

References

  • Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “оболо́к2”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “оболок”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka