запах

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See also: зяпах

Russian

Etymology 1

за- (za-) +‎ пах- (pax-)

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за́пах (zápaxm inan (genitive за́паха, nominative plural за́пахи, genitive plural за́пахов)

  1. smell, odor, scent (sensation)
    Synonyms: дух (dux), амбре́ (ambrɛ́)
    • 1973, Михаил Булгаков, “Глава II. Понтий Пилат”, in Мастер и Маргарита; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Master and Margarita, London: Penguin Books, 1997:
      Более всего на свете прокуратор ненавидел запах розового масла, и все теперь предвещало нехороший день, так как запах этот начал преследовать прокуратора с рассвета.
      Boleje vsevo na svete prokurator nenavidel zapax rozovovo masla, i vse teperʹ predveščalo nexorošij denʹ, tak kak zapax etot načal presledovatʹ prokuratora s rassveta.
      More than anything in the world the procurator hated the smell of rose oil, and now everything foreboded a bad day, because this smell had been pursuing the procurator since dawn.
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Etymology 2

From запа́хивать (zapáxivatʹ).

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запа́х (zapáxm inan (genitive запа́ха, nominative plural запа́хи, genitive plural запа́хов)

  1. wrap over (lapel, tails, etc.)
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Etymology 3

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запа́х (zapáx)

  1. short masculine singular past indicative perfective of запа́хнуть (zapáxnutʹ)

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за́пах (zápaxm inan (genitive за́паху, nominative plural за́пахи, genitive plural за́пахів)

  1. smell, odor, scent (sensation)
    Synonym: пах (pax)

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