скорлупа

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Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic скорлупа (skorlupa), from Proto-Slavic *skorupa, from *skora (bast, skin) + лупить, "peel".

Pronunciation

Noun

скорлупа́ (skorlupáf inan (genitive скорлупы́, nominative plural скорлу́пы, genitive plural скорлу́п, diminutive скорлу́пка)

  1. shell (of an egg or animal), hull

Declension

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “скорлупа”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “скорлупа”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 171

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