лезвие
Russian
editEtymology
editInherited from Old East Slavic лезъ (lezŭ, “point of a blade”). Further etymology is unclear. Trubachyov proposes that the term came from honey hunting lexicon and is related to лезть (leztʹ, “to climb”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editле́звие • (lézvije) n inan (genitive ле́звия, nominative plural ле́звия, genitive plural ле́звий)
- blade (sharp-edged part of a cutting tool)
- edge (of a sword, a knife, etc.)
- ходи́ть по ле́звию ножа́ ― xodítʹ po lézviju nožá ― to be on a knife-edge
- razor blade
Declension
editDeclension of ле́звие (inan neut-form i-stem accent-a)
Further reading
edit- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лезвие”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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