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Russian
Etymology
From щёлок (ščólok) + -чь (-čʹ).
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Noun
щёлочь • (ščóločʹ) f inan (genitive щёлочи, nominative plural щёлочи, genitive plural щелоче́й)
- (chemistry) alkali
- Coordinate term: кислота́ (kislotá)
1883, Всеволод Гаршин, chapter III, in Красный цветок; English translation from A Red Flower, Philadelphia: Brown Brothers, 1911:— Благодарю вас. — Он остановился, взял сигару и нервно откусил её кончик. — Это помогает думать, — сказал он. — Это мир, микрокосм. На одном конце щёлочи, на другом — кислоты… Таково равновесие и мира, в котором нейтрализуются противоположные начала. Прощайте, доктор!- — Blagodarju vas. — On ostanovilsja, vzjal sigaru i nervno otkusil jejó končik. — Eto pomogajet dumatʹ, — skazal on. — Eto mir, mikrokosm. Na odnom konce ščóloči, na drugom — kisloty… Takovo ravnovesije i mira, v kotorom nejtralizujutsja protivopoložnyje načala. Proščajte, doktor!
- "Thank you." He stopped, took the cigar and nervously bit off the end. "This helps one to think," said he. "This world is a microcosm. On one end is alkali, and on the other acids. . . . The same equilibrium has the world, in which the opposing ends become neutralized. Farewell, doctor!"
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