лезвие

Russian

Etymology

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
  • IPA(key): [ˈlʲezvʲɪje]
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Noun

ле́звие • (lézvije) n 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 ножа́ ― xodítʹ po lézviju nožá ― to be on a knife-edge
  3. razor blade

Declension
Declension of ле́звие (inan neut-form i-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative ле́звие
lézvije		 ле́звия
lézvija
genitive ле́звия
lézvija		 ле́звий
lézvij
dative ле́звию
lézviju		 ле́звиям
lézvijam
accusative ле́звие
lézvije		 ле́звия
lézvija
instrumental ле́звием
lézvijem		 ле́звиями
lézvijami
prepositional ле́звии
lézvii		 ле́звиях
lézvijax

Further reading
  • 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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