Russian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic пламꙑ (plamy, flame), from Proto-Slavic *polmy (flame). Doublet of по́лымя (pólymja) and по́ломя (pólomja), the inherited East Slavic forms.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɫamʲə]
  • (file)

Noun edit

пла́мя (plámjan inan (genitive пла́мени, nominative plural пламена́, genitive plural пламён)

  1. flame
  2. blaze

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References edit

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