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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic шьлкъ (šĭlkŭ), from a Germanic language. Compare Old Norse silki.
Pronunciation
Noun
шёлк • (šolk) m inan (genitive шёлка, nominative plural шелка́, genitive plural шелко́в, relational adjective шёлковый)
- silk (fiber and fabric)
2015, Александр Хроленко, Введение в лингвофольклористику: учебное пособие, Litres, →ISBN:Китайский шёлк определяется «веером» изофункциональных эпитетов, и у каждого такого эпитета свой автор.- Kitajskij šolk opredeljajetsja «vejerom» izofunkcionalʹnyx epitetov, i u každovo takovo epiteta svoj avtor.
- Chinese silk is defined by a "fan" of isofunctional epithets, and each such epithet has its own author.
1947, Е. П. Силин, Кяхта в XVIII веке: из истории русско-китайской торговли:Весьма значительный предмет ввоза составлял шёлк. Он, как и шёлковые ткани, являлся также старинным товаром, вывозимым из Китая. Впервые его доставил в Россию караван, отправленный в Пекин в 1702 году.- Vesʹma značitelʹnyj predmet vvoza sostavljal šolk. On, kak i šólkovyje tkani, javljalsja takže starinnym tovarom, vyvozimym iz Kitaja. Vpervyje jevo dostavil v Rossiju karavan, otpravlennyj v Pekin v 1702 godu.
- Silk made up a very significant import. Along with silk fabric, it was also an old commodity imported from China. For the first time a caravan delivered in to Moscow, which was sent to Peking in 1702.
- (by extension) clothes made of silk
- something soft and pleasant for touching
Declension
Descendants
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “шёлк”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress