тлен

Russian

Alternative forms

тлѣнъ (tlěn) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

From the root of тлеть (tletʹ, “to rot”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [tlʲen]
Audio (file)

Noun

тлен • (tlen) m inan (genitive тле́на, uncountable)

(poetic) decay, rot
предохрани́ть от тле́на ― predoxranítʹ ot tléna ― to save; to prevent from decay
dust
dust, vanity, nothingness, sham
обрати́ться/преврати́ться в тлен ― obratítʹsja/prevratítʹsja v tlen ― to turn to dust
(neologism or slang) despair

Declension

Declension of тлен (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a)

	singular
nominative	тле́н tlén
genitive	тле́на tléna
dative	тле́ну tlénu
accusative	тле́н tlén
instrumental	тле́ном tlénom
prepositional	тле́не tléne

Synonyms

прах m (prax)

Related terms

тле́ть impf (tlétʹ)
тле́ние n (tlénije), тле́нность f (tlénnostʹ), нетле́нка f (netlénka)
тле́нный (tlénnyj), нетле́нный (netlénnyj)

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