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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *pelena.
Pronunciation
Noun
пелена́ • (pelená) f
- diaper, napkin, nappy
Declension
Macedonian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *pelena.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: пе‧ле‧на
Noun
пелена • (pelena) f (plural пелени, diminutive пеленче)
- diaper
Declension
Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pelena.
Noun
пелена • (pelena) f
- swaddling cloth
- napkin
Declension
Declension of пелена (hard a-stem)
References
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pelena.
Pronunciation
Noun
пелена́ • (pelená) f inan (genitive пелены́, nominative plural пелены́, genitive plural пелён)
- shroud
- сне́жная пелена́ ― snéžnaja pelená ― mantle of snow
- у него́ сло́вно пелена́ с глаз упа́ла ― u nevó slóvno pelená s glaz upála ― the scales fell from his eyes
1898, Александр Куприн [Aleksandr I. Kuprin], “III”, in Олеся; English translation from John Middleton Murry, transl., The Witch (Olyessia), 1916:Пе́редо мной бы́ло большо́е кру́глое боло́то, занесё́нное сне́гом, и́з-под бе́лой пелены́ кото́рого торча́ли ре́дкие ко́чки.- Péredo mnoj býlo bolʹšóje krúgloje bolóto, zanesjónnoje snégom, íz-pod béloj pelený kotórovo torčáli rédkije kóčki.
- In front of me there was a large round swamp, thinly covered with snow; out of the white shroud a few little mounds emerged.
Declension
Further reading
- пелена in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *pelena.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pêlena/
- Hyphenation: пе‧ле‧на
Noun
пе̏лена f (Latin spelling pȅlena)
- diaper, nappy, napkin
Declension