метель
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *metělь.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]мете́ль • (metélʹ) f inan (genitive мете́ли, nominative plural мете́ли, genitive plural мете́лей, relational adjective мете́льный, diminutive мете́лица)
- blizzard, snowstorm
- 1836, Александр Пушкин, “Глава II. Вожатый”, in Капитанская дочка, London: Henry S. King & Co.; English translation from Ekaterina Telfer, transl., The Captain's Daughter, 1875:
- Я слыхал о тамошних метелях и знал, что целые обозы бывали ими занесены.
- Ja slyxal o tamošnix meteljax i znal, što celyje obozy byvali imi zaneseny.
- I had heard of the snow storms in those regions, and was aware that entire trains of waggons were sometimes overwhelmed by them.
Declension
[edit]Declension of мете́ль (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a)
Pre-reform declension of мете́ль (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a)
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- метель in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
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