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Komi-Zyrian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian нефть (neftʹ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɲefc/,
- Hyphenation: нефть
Noun
нефть • (ńefť)
- oil, petrol
Declension
Possessive declension of нефть
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References
- L. M. Beznosikova, E. A. Ajbabina, R. I. Kosnyreva (2000) Коми-русский словарь [Komi-Russian dictionary], →ISBN, page 423
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish نفت (neft).
Pronunciation
Noun
нефть • (neftʹ) f inan (genitive не́фти, nominative plural не́фти, genitive plural не́фтей, relational adjective нефтяно́й)
- oil, petroleum, mineral oil
1903, Александр Амфитеатров [Alexander Amfiteatrov], chapter I, in Нефтяные неожиданности; English translation from (Please provide a date or year):Я никогда́ не вида́л, как нефть превраща́ется в кероси́н, но мне случа́лось наблюда́ть, — и́менно, в вышена́званном всеросси́йском бассе́йне, — как из не́фти де́лают шампа́нское и, наоборо́т, как шампа́нское иногда́ перераба́тывается в о́чень вы́годную нефть.- Ja nikogdá ne vidál, kak neftʹ prevraščájetsja v kerosín, no mne slučálosʹ nabljudátʹ, — ímenno, v vyšenázvannom vserossíjskom basséjne, — kak iz néfti délajut šampánskoje i, naoborót, kak šampánskoje inogdá pererabátyvajetsja v óčenʹ výgodnuju neftʹ.
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Declension
Derived terms
- Borrowed
Descendants
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “нефть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress