топаз

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic توپاز
Cyrillic топаз
Latin topaz
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Etymology

Borrowed from Russian топа́з (topáz), from Ancient Greek τόπαζος (tópazos).

Noun

топаз (topaz)

  1. topaz

Declension

Macedonian

Pronunciation

Noun

топаз (topazm

  1. topaz

Declension

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: то‧паз

Noun

топа́з (topázm inan (genitive топа́за, nominative plural топа́зы, genitive plural топа́зов, relational adjective топа́зовый)

  1. topaz (gemstone)

Declension

Descendants

  • Kazakh: топаз (topaz)

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

топаз f (Latin spelling topaz)

  1. topaz (gemstone)

Ukrainian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τόπαζος (tópazos) via French topaze and Latin topazus.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: то‧паз

Noun

топа́з (topázm inan (genitive топа́зу or топа́за1, nominative plural топа́зи, genitive plural топа́зів, relational adjective топа́зовий) (1See usage notes.)

  1. topaz (a rare silicate mineral made of aluminum and fluorine)

Usage notes

  • The genitive singular form топа́зу (topázu) (with -у (-u)) is used when referring to topaz as a material, while the form топа́за (topáza) (with -а (-a)) is used when referring to a single stone or crystal of this material.[2][3]

Declension

References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “топаз”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
  2. ^ топаз”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
  3. ^ топаз”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)

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