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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kridlьce from *kridlo (“wing”) + *-ьce (“diminutive suffix”). By surface analysis, крыло́ (kryló) + -цо́ (-có).
Pronunciation
Noun
крыльцо́ • (krylʹcó) n inan (genitive крыльца́, nominative plural кры́льца, genitive plural крыле́ц, relational adjective крыле́чный, diminutive крыле́чко)
- porch, stoop
Иван Тургенев,
Отцы и дети 1862:
- Четверть часа спустя оба экипажа остановились перед крыльцом нового деревянного дома, выкрашенного серою краской и покрытого железною красною крышей.
- Četvertʹ časa spustja oba ekipaža ostanovilisʹ pered krylʹcom novovo derevjannovo doma, vykrašennovo seroju kraskoj i pokrytovo železnoju krasnoju kryšej.
- A quarter of an hour later both carriages drew up in front of the porch of a new wooden house, painted grey, with a red iron roof.
Declension
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “крыло”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Shansky, N. M., editor (1982), “крыльцо”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, number 8 (К), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 421
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), “*kridlьce”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma/*kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 154