калебас
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Russian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French calebasse, calabasse.
Alternative forms
Noun
калеба́с • (kalebás) m inan (genitive калеба́са, nominative plural калеба́сы, genitive plural калеба́сов)
- calabash tree (Crescentia cujete)
- 1957, Павел Александрович Баранов, В далёкой Африке, Leningrad: Государственное издательство детской литературы Министерства просвещения РСФСР, page 43:
- Очень интересно дерево калебас с шарообразными или продолговатыми огромными плодами, похожими на арбузы.
- Očenʹ interesno derevo kalebas s šaroobraznymi ili prodolgovatymi ogromnymi plodami, poxožimi na arbuzy.
- The calabash tree is very interesting with its globular and oblong gigantic fruits that look similar to watermelons.
- calabash vine (Lagenaria siceraria)
- a vessel made from the fruit of a plant denoted by this word
- a vessel from which the mate beverage is properly intaken independently from its material
- Hyponym: гуа́мпа (guámpa)
- a musical instrument made from the fruit of a plant denoted by this word worked into a resonating body
Declension
Declension of калеба́с (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | калеба́с kalebás |
калеба́сы kalebásy |
| genitive | калеба́са kalebása |
калеба́сов kalebásov |
| dative | калеба́су kalebásu |
калеба́сам kalebásam |
| accusative | калеба́с kalebás |
калеба́сы kalebásy |
| instrumental | калеба́сом kalebásom |
калеба́сами kalebásami |
| prepositional | калеба́се kalebáse |
калеба́сах kalebásax |
Etymology 2
Noun
калеба́с • (kalebás) f inan pl