вулкан

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Belarusian

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вулкан

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Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Vulcanus. Compare Polish wulkan, Russian and Ukrainian вулка́н (vulkán).

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Noun

вулка́н (vulkánm inan (genitive вулка́на, nominative plural вулка́ны, genitive plural вулка́наў)

  1. volcano (a vent or fissure on the surface of a planet, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface)
    • 1916, Ivan Gorbunov-Posadov, “Historyja hary”, in Vacłaŭ Łastoŭski, transl., edited by Vacłaŭ Łastoŭski, Rodnyje zierniaty, Wilno: Homan, page 101:
      Bywajuć hory, s katorych wybuchaje ahoń. Hetkije hory nazywajuć wulkanami.
      There are mountains, from which fire erupts. Such mountains are called volcanoes.
    • 1929, Janka Maŭr, Амок, Minsk: ДВБ, page 97:
      Дапоўзшы да краю гары, ён убачыў, што яна сапраўды мела выгляд вулькану. Круглая дзіра апускалася ўніз стромкімі сьценамі.
      Dapóŭzšy da kraju hary, jon ubačyŭ, što jana sapraŭdy mjela vyhljad vulʹkanu. Kruhlaja dzira apuskalasja ŭniz strómkimi sʹcjenami.
      Having crawled to the edge of the mountain, he saw that it indeed looked like a volcano. The round hole leading down had steep walls.
    • 1939 [1906], Jack London, anonymous translator, Белы клык, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of White Fang, page 25:
      Тоўстыя рукавіцы абаранялі яго рукі ад агню, ён поўнымі жменямі раскідваў ва ўсе бакі палаючае вугалле, і касцёр стаў пад канец чымсьці накшталт вулкана.
      Tóŭstyja rukavicy abaranjali jahó ruki ad ahnju, jon póŭnymi žmjenjami raskidvaŭ va ŭsje baki palajučaje vuhallje, i kascjór staŭ pad kanjec čymsʹci nakštalt vulkana.
      Stout mittens protected his hands from fire, he scooped live coals in all directions, until the camp-fire took on the semblance of a volcano.

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References

  • вулкан”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
  • вулкан” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Bulgarian

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Noun

вулка́н (vulkánm

  1. volcano

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Macedonian

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Noun

вулкан (vulkanm (relational adjective вулкански, diminutive вулканче)

  1. volcano

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Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak vulkán, ultimately from Italian vulcano, from Latin Vulcanus.

Pronunciation

Noun

вулкан (vulkanm inan (related adjective вулкански)

  1. (volcanology) volcano

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Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vulcano.

Pronunciation

Noun

вулка́н (vulkánm inan (genitive вулка́на, nominative plural вулка́ны, genitive plural вулка́нов, relational adjective вулкани́ческий, diminutive вулка́нчик)

  1. volcano

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Descendants

  • Yakut: вулкан (vulkan)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋǔlkaːn/
  • Hyphenation: вул‧кан

Noun

ву̀лка̄н m (Latin spelling vùlkān)

  1. (geology) volcano

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Udmurt

Вулкан.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian вулка́н (vulkán).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -än
  • Hyphenation: вул‧кан

Noun

вулкан (vulkan)

  1. volcano
    Synonym: тылгурезь (tylgureź)

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References

  • L. E. Kirillova, L. L. Karpova, editors (2008), “вулкан”, in Удмурт-ӟуч кыллюкам, Izhevsk: Удмуртский институт истории, языка и литературы УрО РАН, →ISBN, page 145
  • R. S. Nasibullin, V. G. Semenov (2013) “вулкан”, in Системно-Тематический Русско-Удмуртский Словарь, Izhevsk: Ассоциация «Научная книга», page 6

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

Noun

вулка́н (vulkánm inan (genitive вулка́на, nominative plural вулка́ни, genitive plural вулка́нів)

  1. volcano

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Yakut

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Etymology

Borrowed from Russian вулкан (vulkan).

Noun

вулкан (vulkan)

  1. (geology) volcano