площадь

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic площадь (ploščadĭ), from Proto-Slavic *ploščadь, from *ploskъ (“flat”) + *-ědь.

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Noun

пло́щадь • (plóščadʹ) f inan (genitive пло́щади, nominative plural пло́щади, genitive plural площаде́й, relational adjective площа́дный or площадно́й, diminutive площа́дка)

  1. square (open area in a town or city)
    Кра́сная пло́щадь ― Krásnaja plóščadʹ ― Red Square
  2. space, living space
  3. (geometry) area

Declension

Declension of пло́щадь (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-e) 
singular plural
nominative пло́щадь
plóščadʹ 		пло́щади
plóščadi
genitive пло́щади
plóščadi 		площаде́й
ploščadéj
dative пло́щади
plóščadi 		площадя́м
ploščadjám
accusative пло́щадь
plóščadʹ 		пло́щади
plóščadi
instrumental пло́щадью
plóščadʹju 		площадя́ми
ploščadjámi
prepositional пло́щади
plóščadi 		площадя́х
ploščadjáx
Pre-reform declension of пло́щадь (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-e) 
singular plural
nominative пло́щадь
plóščadʹ 		пло́щади
plóščadi
genitive пло́щади
plóščadi 		площаде́й
ploščadéj
dative пло́щади
plóščadi 		площадя́мъ
ploščadjám
accusative пло́щадь
plóščadʹ 		пло́щади
plóščadi
instrumental пло́щадью
plóščadʹju 		площадя́ми
ploščadjámi
prepositional пло́щади
plóščadi 		площадя́хъ
ploščadjáx

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Ingrian: ploššadi
  • → Yakut: болуоссат (boluossat)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “площадь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “площадь”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 44
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