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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *metělь.
Pronunciation
Noun
мете́ль • (metélʹ) f inan (genitive мете́ли, nominative plural мете́ли, genitive plural мете́лей, relational adjective мете́льный, diminutive мете́лица)
- blizzard, snowstorm
- Synonyms: вью́га (vʹjúga), бура́н (burán), пурга́ (purgá)
1836, Александр Пушкин, “Глава II. Вожатый”, in Капитанская дочка, London: Henry S. King & Co.; English translation from Ekaterina Telfer, transl., The Captain's Daughter, 1875:Я слыхал о тамошних метелях и знал, что целые обозы бывали ими занесены.- Ja slyxal o tamošnix meteljax i znal, što celyje obozy byvali imi zaneseny.
- I had heard of the snow storms in those regions, and was aware that entire trains of waggons were sometimes overwhelmed by them.
Declension
Further reading
- метель in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru