топаз

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic توپاز
Cyrillic топаз
Latin topaz

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian топа́з (topáz), from Ancient Greek τόπαζος (tópazos).

Noun

топаз • (topaz)

  1. topaz

Declension

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɔpas]

Noun

топаз • (topaz) m

  1. topaz

Declension

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tɐˈpas]
  • Hyphenation: то‧паз

Noun

топа́з • (topáz) m inan (genitive топа́за, nominative plural топа́зы, genitive plural топа́зов, relational adjective топа́зовый)

  1. topaz (gemstone)

Declension

Descendants

  • Kazakh: топаз (topaz)

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

топаз f (Latin spelling topaz)

  1. topaz (gemstone)

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τόπαζος (tópazos) via French topaze and Latin topazus.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tɔˈpaz]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: то‧паз

Noun

топа́з • (topáz) m inan (genitive топа́зу or топа́за1, nominative plural топа́зи, genitive plural топа́зів, relational adjective топа́зовий) (1See usage notes.)

  1. topaz (a rare silicate mineral made of aluminum and fluorine)

Usage notes

  • The genitive singular form топа́зу (topázu) (with -у (-u)) is used when referring to topaz as a material, while the form топа́за (topáza) (with -а (-a)) is used when referring to a single stone or crystal of this material.[2][3]

Declension

References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “топаз”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
  2. топаз”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
  3. топаз”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)

Further reading

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