пемза

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пемза

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin pumex.

Pronunciation

Noun

пе́мза (pémzaf inan (genitive пе́мзы, nominative plural пе́мзы, genitive plural пемз, relational adjective пе́мзовый)

  1. pumice

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: պեմզա (pemza)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пемза”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • пемза in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru