платок
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Russian
Etymology
плат (plat) + -о́к (-ók, diminutive suffix)
Pronunciation
Noun
плато́к • (platók) m inan (genitive платка́, nominative plural платки́, genitive plural платко́в, diminutive плато́чек)
- handkerchief, kerchief
- 1835, Николай Гоголь, “Октября 4.”, in Записки сумасшедшего; English translation from Claud Field, transl., Memoirs of a Madman, 1916:
- Она поглядела на меня, на книги и уронила платок. Я кинулся со всех ног, подскользнулся на проклятом паркете и чуть-чуть не расклеил носа, однако ж удержался и достал платок.
- Ona pogljadela na menja, na knigi i uronila platok. Ja kinulsja so vsex nog, podskolʹznulsja na prokljatom parkete i čutʹ-čutʹ ne raskleil nosa, odnako ž uderžalsja i dostal platok.
- She glanced at me, looked at the books, and let her handkerchief fall. Instantly I started up, but slipped on the infernal polished floor, and nearly broke my nose. Still I succeeded in picking up the handkerchief.
- shawl, headscarf
Declension
Declension of плато́к (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-b reduc)
Synonyms
- плат (plat)
- носово́й плато́к (nosovój platók)
Derived terms
- плато́чный (platóčnyj)