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глаз

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic глазъ (glazŭ, ball, eye), from Proto-Slavic *glazъ (ball), from Proto-Indo-European *g(ʰ)el- (round, spherical, stone).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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глаз (glazm inan (genitive гла́за, nominative plural глаза́, genitive plural глаз, relational adjective глазно́й, diminutive глазёнки or гла́зик or глазо́к, augmentative глази́ще)

  1. eye
    Synonym: (dated, poetic or in set expressions) о́ко (óko)
    • 1913, Максим Горький, “II”, in Детство; English translation from Ronald Wilks, transl., My Childhood, 1966:
      Я хорошо видел, что дед следит за мною умными и зоркими зелёными глазами, и боялся его.
      Ja xorošo videl, što ded sledit za mnoju umnymi i zorkimi zeljónymi glazami, i bojalsja jevo.
      I could see all too clearly that Grandfather was in the habit of following me with his clever, sharp-sighted green eyes, and for this I was afraid of him.
  2. eyesight
  3. view, opinion

Usage notes

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  • Note on irregular forms — глаза́ (glazá) is actually an old nominative dual form. The genitive plural in глаз (glaz) is also an archaic form.
  • In the set expression с глазу на глаз, the word глазу is in a different genitive case.

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “глаз”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*glazъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 117