клей

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Bulgarian

вещество клей

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *klějь / *kъlějь. Dialectal doublet forms reflect *klьjь / *kъlьjь.

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Noun

клей (klejm (relational adjective кле́яв, diminutive кле́ец)

  1. gluey substance
    1. hardened resin
    2. glue, paste
    3. (partially) thick slime, mire
  2. (botany) gum

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Russian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *klějь.

Noun

клей (klejm inan (genitive кле́я, nominative plural кле́и, genitive plural кле́ев, relational adjective клеево́й)

  1. glue
    • 2006, Виктор Пелевин, “Энлиль”, in Empire V; English translation from Anthony Phillips, transl., Empire V, 2016:
      — Извините, но вы не его мама, – сказал он моим голосом. — Его мама сказала бы, что он этот клей нюхает.
      — Izvinite, no vy ne jevo mama, – skazal on moim golosom. — Jevo mama skazala by, što on etot klej njuxajet.
      ‘Excuse me, you are not his mama,’ the Tongue announced in my voice. ‘The only thing his real mother would have said would be to accuse him of sniffing the glue.’
Declension
Descendants
  • Armenian: կլեյ (kley)
  • Bezhta: кэлей (kelej)
  • Ingrian: kleja

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “клей”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “клей”, 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 400

Etymology 2

Verb

клей (klej)

  1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of кле́ить (kléitʹ)

Ukrainian

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kъlějь or *kъlьjь[1] or *klějь or *klьjь.[2] Cognate with Polish klej.[3]

Noun

клей (klejm inan (genitive кле́ю, nominative plural кле́ї, genitive plural кле́їв, relational adjective клейови́й)

  1. glue
Declension
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Etymology 2

Verb

клей (klej)

  1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of кле́їти (kléjity)

References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “клей”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*klějь; *klьjь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 224
  3. ^ klej in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN

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