сабля

See also: сабља

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic саблꙗ (sablja), from Proto-Slavic *sabľa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsablʲə]
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Noun

са́бля • (sáblja) f inan (genitive са́бли, nominative plural са́бли, genitive plural са́бель, relational adjective са́бельный, diminutive са́белька)

  1. saber, cutlass
  2. (military, dated) rider, cavalryman (as a counting unit of military strength, see also штык)
    Synonym: ша́шка (šáška)
    эскадро́н в две́сти са́бельeskadrón v dvésti sábelʹa squadron of two hundred cavalrymen

Declension

Further reading

  • сабля in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
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