Russian edit

 
Бурелом

Etymology edit

First attested in 1847. Inherited from Proto-Slavic *buřelomъ. By surface analysis, бу́ря (búrja) +‎ -е- (-e-) +‎ лома́ть (lomátʹ), calque of German Windbruch, whence also ветроло́м (vetrolóm) [Arapova].

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [bʊrʲɪˈɫom]
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Noun edit

бурело́м (burelómm inan (genitive бурело́ма, nominative plural бурело́мы, genitive plural бурело́мов)

  1. (collective) windfall (of trees); deadfall resulting from a storm

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References edit

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “бурелом”, in Kalʹki v russkom jazyke poslepetrovskovo perioda. Opyt slovarja [Calques in Post-Petrine Russian. An Essay of a Dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 63