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Etymology
Borrowed from Russian зе́ркало (zérkalo)
Noun
зеркало (zerkalo)
- mirror
References
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zьrkadlo, from *zьrěti (whence Old Church Slavonic зьрѣти (zĭrěti, “to look at”)) + a suffix originating in Proto-Indo-European *-tlom. Probably a calque of Latin speculum.
Pronunciation
Noun
зе́ркало • (zérkalo) n inan (genitive зе́ркала, nominative plural зеркала́, genitive plural зерка́л, relational adjective зерка́льный, diminutive зе́ркальце)
- mirror, looking glass
1991, Пикник [Picnic] (lyrics and music), “Это река Ганг [Eto reka Gang]”, in Харакири:Когда́ стра́шно ста́нет бога́м, им почу́дится шо́рох в угла́х,
Они́ вспо́мнят тогда́ о себе́ сами́х и полю́бят себя́ в зеркала́х...- Kogdá strášno stánet bogám, im počúditsja šórox v ugláx,
Oní vspómnjat togdá o sebé samíx i poljúbjat sebjá v zerkaláx... - (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
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