злак

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic злакъ (zlakŭ), from Proto-Slavic *zolkъ. The hypothetical East Slavic inherited form *золокъ (*zolokŭ) is unattested.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [zɫak]

Noun

злак • (zlak) m inan (genitive зла́ка, nominative plural зла́ки, genitive plural зла́ков)

(botany) herb, grass, cereal, graminoid (type of grass)

Declension

Declension of злак (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	зла́к zlák	зла́ки zláki
genitive	зла́ка zláka	зла́ков zlákov
dative	зла́ку zláku	зла́кам zlákam
accusative	зла́к zlák	зла́ки zláki
instrumental	зла́ком zlákom	зла́ками zlákami
prepositional	зла́ке zláke	зла́ках zlákax

Derived terms

злаковый (zlakovyj)
злачный (zlačnyj)

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “злак”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

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