шмель
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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьmeľь.
Pronunciation
Noun
шмель • (šmelʹ) m anim (genitive шмеля́, nominative plural шмели́, genitive plural шмеле́й, relational adjective шмели́ный, diminutive шмелёк or шме́лик)
- (zoology) bumblebee
- Synonym: земляна́я пчела́ f (zemljanája pčelá)
- Shmel (Soviet and Russian flamethrower)
Declension
Declension of шмель (anim masc-form soft-stem accent-b)
Pre-reform declension of шмель (anim masc-form soft-stem accent-b)
Hypernyms
- насеко́мое n anim (nasekómoje), опыли́тель m anim (opylítelʹ)
- огнемёт m (ognemjót)
Meronyms
- хобото́к m (xobotók)
Derived terms
- шмелево́дство n (šmelevódstvo)
Related terms
- кома́р m anim (komár)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “шмель”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “шмель”, 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 418
- Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “шмель”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 494