пелена

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Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pelena.

Pronunciation

Noun

пелена́ (pelenáf

  1. diaper, napkin, nappy

Declension

Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pelena.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: пе‧ле‧на

Noun

пелена (pelenaf (plural пелени, diminutive пеленче)

  1. diaper

Declension

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pelena.

Noun

пелена (pelenaf

  1. swaddling cloth
  2. napkin

Declension

References

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pelena.

Pronunciation

Noun

пелена́ (pelenáf inan (genitive пелены́, nominative plural пелены́, genitive plural пелён)

  1. shroud
    сне́жная пелена́snéžnaja pelenámantle of snow
    у него́ сло́вно пелена́ с глаз упа́лаu nevó slóvno pelená s glaz upálathe 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.

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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)

  1. diaper, nappy, napkin

Declension