гребень

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Russian

гребень

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *greby.

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Noun

гре́бень (grébenʹm inan (genitive гре́бня, nominative plural гре́бни, genitive plural гре́бней, relational adjective гребенно́й or гребнево́й, diminutive гребешо́к)

  1. comb
  2. (of a bird) crest, comb
  3. hackle, hatchel
  4. ridge, crest

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гребень”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “гребень”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 214