пылесос

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Russian

Etymology

From пыль (pylʹ, dust) +‎ -е- (-e-) +‎ -сос (-sos), combining form of соса́ть (sosátʹ, to suck). Calque of German Staubsauger.[1] First attested in 1907. Calqued also as пылевса́сыватель (pylevsásyvatelʹ) (1914).[1]

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Noun

пылесо́с (pylesósm inan (genitive пылесо́са, nominative plural пылесо́сы, genitive plural пылесо́сов)

  1. vacuum cleaner

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Arapova, N. S. (2000) “пылесос”, in Kalʹki v russkom jazyke poslepetrovskovo perioda. Opyt slovarja (in Russian), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 200