площадь

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic площадь (ploščadĭ), from Proto-Slavic *ploščadь, from *ploskъ (flat) + *-ědь.

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Noun

пло́щадь (plóščadʹf inan (genitive пло́щади, nominative plural пло́щади, genitive plural площаде́й, relational adjective площа́дный or площадно́й, diminutive площа́дка)

  1. square (open area in a town or city)
    Кра́сная пло́щадьKrásnaja plóščadʹRed Square
  2. space, living space
  3. (geometry) area

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Descendants

  • Ingrian: ploššadi
  • Yakut: болуоссат (boluossat)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “площадь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “площадь”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 44