цветок

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цветки

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Etymology

цвет (cvet) +‎ -о́к (-ók)

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Noun

цвето́к (cvetókm inan (genitive цветка́, nominative plural цветки́, genitive plural цветко́в, relational adjective цвето́чный, diminutive цвето́чек)

  1. flower (flowering part of a plant)
    • 1883, Всеволод Гаршин, chapter IV, in Красный цветок; English translation from A Red Flower, Philadelphia: Brown Brothers, 1911:
      Он придвинулся ближе и протянул руку к самому цветку, но цветок, как ему казалось, защищался, испуская ядовитое, смертельное дыхание.
      On pridvinulsja bliže i protjanul ruku k samomu cvetku, no cvetok, kak jemu kazalosʹ, zaščiščalsja, ispuskaja jadovitoje, smertelʹnoje dyxanije.
      He moved nearer, and stretched out his hand to the flower itself; but the flower, it seemed to him, defended itself, discharging a poisonous and deadly breath.

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Noun

цвето́к (cvetókm inan (genitive цветка́, nominative plural цветы́, genitive plural цвето́в, relational adjective цвето́чный, diminutive цвето́чек)

  1. flower (with stem), flowering plant
  2. potted home plant

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Further reading

  • цветок in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru