лезвие

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Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited 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

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  • IPA(key): [ˈlʲezvʲɪje]
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Noun

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ле́звие (lézvijen inan (genitive ле́звия, nominative plural ле́звия, genitive plural ле́звий)

  1. blade (sharp-edged part of a cutting tool)
  2. edge (of a sword, a knife, etc.)
    ходи́ть по ле́звию ножа́xodítʹ po lézviju nožáto be on a knife-edge
  3. razor blade

Declension

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Further reading

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