отвес
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Отвес (инструмент) 
Отвесни скали при Доувър, Англия
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *otъvěsъ. Morphologically formed from от- (ot-) + вес (ves, “hanging, pendant”).
Pronunciation
Noun
отве́с • (otvés) m (relational adjective отве́сен)
- (instrument) plummet, plumb bob
- vertical (direction)
- Synonym: вертика́л (vertikál)
- (by extension) sheer cliff (geological formation)
- Synonym: отве́сен скат (otvésen skat)
Declension
Declension of отве́с
Related terms
- ве́ся (vésja, “to hang”) (causative-iterative verb)
- вес (ves)
- веса (vesa) (obsolete)
- заве́са (zavésa, “curtain”)
References
- “отвес”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “отвес”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Russian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *otъvěsъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
отве́с • (otvés) m inan (genitive отве́са, nominative plural отве́сы, genitive plural отве́сов)
- plummet, plumb, plumb-line
- vertical slope, vertical face; sheer cliff
- (slang, eating disorders) body weight loss seen upon a new weighing on the scale
Declension
Declension of отве́с (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a)