ошеломление

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Russian

Etymology

ошеломи́ть (ošelomítʹ) +‎ -е́ние (-énije)

Pronunciation

Noun

ошеломле́ние (ošelomlénijen inan (genitive ошеломле́ния, nominative plural ошеломле́ния, genitive plural ошеломле́ний)

  1. stun, daze (the condition of being stunned or dazed)
    • 1870, Михаил Салтыков-Щедрин , “Поклонение мамоне и покаяние”, in История одного города; English translation from I. P. Foote, transl., The History of a Town, Oxford: Willem A. Meeuws, 1980:
      Исто́рию э́тих ошеломле́ний летопи́сец раскрыва́ет пе́ред на́ми с то́ю безыску́сственностью и пра́вдою, кото́рыми всегда́ отлича́ются расска́зы бытописа́телей-архива́риусов.
      Istóriju étix ošelomlénij letopísec raskryvájet péred námi s tóju bezyskússtvennostʹju i právdoju, kotórymi vsegdá otličájutsja rasskázy bytopisátelej-arxiváriusov.
      The chronicler describes the history of these states of dazedness with that truth and lack of artifice which are typical of the accounts of our life and customs given by the archivists.

Declension