ешелон

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

From French échelon (rung, step), from échelle (ladder) + -on (suffix forming diminutives). Échelle is derived from Latin scāla (ladder), from scandō (to ascend, climb), from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (to jump).

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  • Rhymes: -ɔn
  • Hyphenation: еше‧лон

Noun

ешело́н (ešelónm inan (genitive ешело́ну, nominative plural ешело́ни, genitive plural ешело́нів, relational adjective ешело́нний)

  1. (military) echelon (a train, convoy or group of aircraft of a specific purpose)
    ешело́н польо́ту
    ešelón polʹótu
    flight level
  2. (military) echelon (a separate detachment of a deeply divided battle order or column of troops moving at some distance from one another)
    Synonym: ва́лка (válka)
    тилови́й ешело́н штабу
    tylovýj ešelón štabu
    rear headquarters
    дру́гий ешело́н
    drúhyj ešelón
    reserve, rear echelon, follow-on echelon
    бойови́й ешело́н
    bojovýj ešelón
    attack echelon

Declension

Declension of ешело́н
(inan hard masc-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative ешело́н
ešelón
ешело́ни
ešelóny
genitive ешело́ну
ešelónu
ешело́нів
ešelóniv
dative ешело́нові, ешело́ну
ešelónovi, ešelónu
ешело́нам
ešelónam
accusative ешело́н
ešelón
ешело́ни
ešelóny
instrumental ешело́ном
ešelónom
ешело́нами
ešelónamy
locative ешело́ні
ešelóni
ешело́нах
ešelónax
vocative ешело́не
ešelóne
ешело́ни
ešelóny

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