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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic злакъ (zlakŭ), from Proto-Slavic *zolkъ. The hypothetical East Slavic inherited form *золокъ (*zolokŭ) is unattested.

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Noun edit

злак (zlakm inan (genitive зла́ка, nominative plural зла́ки, genitive plural зла́ков, relational adjective зла́ковый)

  1. (botany) herb, grass, cereal, graminoid (type of grass)

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References edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “злак”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress