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Russian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic кѫпѣль (kǫpělĭ), from Proto-Slavic *kǫpělь. Related to купа́ть (kupátʹ).
Pronunciation
Noun
купе́ль • (kupélʹ) f inan (genitive купе́ли, nominative plural купе́ли, genitive plural купе́лей)
- (Christianity) font
1903, Лев Толстой, Ассирийский царь Асархадон; English translation from Louise and Aylmer Maude, transl., Esarhaddon, King of Assyria, 1906:— Подойди сюда, — сказал старец, указывая царю на купель, полную водой.
Царь встал и подошел к купели.
— Разденься и войди в купель. Асархадон сделал то, что велел ему старец.- — Podojdi sjuda, — skazal starec, ukazyvaja carju na kupelʹ, polnuju vodoj.
Carʹ vstal i podošel k kupeli.
— Razdenʹsja i vojdi v kupelʹ. Asarxadon sdelal to, što velel jemu starec. - 'Then come here,' said the old man, pointing to a large font full of water.
The King rose and approached the font.
'Strip, and enter the font.'
Esarhaddon did as the old man bade him.
Declension
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
ку́пель • (kúpelʹ) f inan pl
- genitive plural of ку́пля (kúplja)