огнетушитель

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Russian

Огнетушитель

Etymology

ого́нь (ogónʹ) +‎ -е- (-e-) +‎ туши́ть (tušítʹ) +‎ -тель (-telʹ), calque of German Feuerlöscher.

Pronunciation

Noun

огнетуши́тель (ognetušítelʹm inan (genitive огнетуши́теля, nominative plural огнетуши́тели, genitive plural огнетуши́телей)

  1. fire extinguisher

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: կրակմարիչ (krakmaričʻ) (calque)

References

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “огнетушитель”, in Kalʹki v russkom jazyke poslepetrovskovo perioda. Opyt slovarja [Calques in Post-Petrine Russian. An Essay of a Dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 160