пыль

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word пыль. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word пыль, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say пыль in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word пыль you have here. The definition of the word пыль will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofпыль, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Russian

Russian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ru

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pylъ. Cognate with Belarusian пыл (pyl), Polish pył, Ukrainian пил (pyl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɨlʲ

Noun

пыль (pylʹf inan (genitive пы́ли, uncountable, relational adjective пылево́й or пы́льный, augmentative пыли́ща, pejorative пылю́ка)

  1. dust
    Meronym: пыли́нка (pylínka)
    • 2011, Виктор Пелевин, “Ч. 1. Damsel in distress”, in S.N.U.F.F.; English translation from Andrew Bromfield, transl., S.N.U.F.F., 2014:
      А потом солнечный бог высвободил стопу, поднял её — и спихнул Грыма в пыль своей сладко пахнущей сандалией.
      A potom solnečnyj bog vysvobodil stopu, podnjal jejó — i spixnul Gryma v pylʹ svojej sladko paxnuščej sandalijej.
      And then the sun-god pulled his foot free, raised it – and shoved Grim into the dust with his sweet-smelling sandal.

Declension

Derived terms

Compound words:

Compounds:

Phrases

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пыл”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “пыль”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 88
  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “пыль”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
  • Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “пыль”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка (in Russian), volumes 2: (Начать – Я), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 246

Further reading