порох

Russian

Alternative forms

• по́рохъ (pórox) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic порохъ (poroxŭ, “dust”), Proto-Slavic *porxъ. Doublet of прах (prax).

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Noun

по́рох • (pórox) m inan (genitive по́роха, nominative plural пороха́, genitive plural порохо́в, relational adjective порохово́й)

1. gunpowder

   держа́ть по́рох сухи́м ― deržátʹ pórox suxím ― to keep one's powder dry

   ему́ пороха не хвата́ет ― jemú poroxa ne xvatájet ― he lacks the energy; he has not got it in him, he is not up to it

   он пороха не вы́думает ― on poroxa ne výdumajet ― he will never set the Thames on fire

   па́хнет по́рохом ― páxnet póroxom ― there is a smell of gunpowder in the air, war is in the air

   он и не поню́хал по́роху (по́роха) ― on i ne ponjúxal póroxu (póroxa) ― he hasn't experienced war

Declension

Related terms

• порошо́к (porošók), пороховни́ца (poroxovníca)

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic порохъ (poroxŭ, “dust”), Proto-Slavic *porxъ. Doublet of прах (prax, “ashes”), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

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Noun

по́рох • (pórox) m inan (genitive по́роху, uncountable, relational adjective порохови́й)

1. powder

   Synonym: порошо́к (porošók)

2. gunpowder
3. dust

   Synonyms: пил (pyl), ку́рява (kúrjava)

Declension

Related terms

• порошо́к (porošók)

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “порох”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “порох”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)