мель
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mel"
Russian

мель
Alternative forms
- мѣль (mělʹ) — Pre-reform orthography (1918) (rare, normal spelling was мель (melʹ))
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mělъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mʲelʲ]
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Noun
мель • (melʹ) f inan (genitive ме́ли, nominative plural ме́ли, genitive plural ме́лей)
- shallow, shoal
- на мели́ ― na melí ― in low water, aground; penniless, broke, short of cash (literally and figuratively)
- вы́броситься на ме́ль ― výbrositʹsja na mélʹ ― to run aground
- снима́ть кора́бль с ме́ли ― snimátʹ koráblʹ s méli ― to get a ship off, to refloat a ship, to set a ship afloat
- сади́ться на ме́ль ― sadítʹsja na mélʹ ― to get into trouble
- посади́ть на ме́ль ― posadítʹ na mélʹ ― to beach, to strand
Declension
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