порошок

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Russian

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Etymology

по́рох (pórox) +‎ -о́к (-ók)

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Noun

порошо́к (porošókm inan (genitive порошка́, nominative plural порошки́, genitive plural порошко́в, relational adjective порошко́вый)

  1. powder
    стира́льный порошо́кstirálʹnyj porošóksoap powder, washing powder
    зубно́й порошо́кzubnój porošóktooth powder
    стере́ть в порошо́к (кого́-либо./что́-либо.)sterétʹ v porošók (kovó-libo./štó-libo.)to make mincemeat
    • 1883, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], Приданое; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Trousseau, 1916:
      Па́хло порошко́м от мо́ли и но́выми козло́выми башмака́ми, кото́рые, завё́рнутые в плато́чек, лежа́ли во́зле меня́ на сту́ле.
      Páxlo poroškóm ot móli i nóvymi kozlóvymi bašmakámi, kotóryje, zavjórnutyje v platóček, ležáli vózle menjá na stúle.
      There was a smell of moth powder, and of goatskin shoes, a pair of which lay on a chair beside me wrapped in a handkerchief.

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Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: poroşok

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “порошок”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Ukrainian

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Etymology

From по́рох m (pórox) +‎ -ок (-ok).

Pronunciation

Noun

порошо́к (porošókm inan (genitive порошку́, nominative plural порошки́, genitive plural порошкі́в, relational adjective порошко́вий)

  1. powder
    Hyponym: пу́дра f (púdra)

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