Ukrainian edit

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плінтус

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian пли́нтус (plíntus), from Latin plinthus, from Ancient Greek πλίνθος (plínthos).[1] Doublet of плита́ (plytá).

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Noun edit

плі́нтус (plíntusm inan (genitive плі́нтуса, nominative plural плі́нтуси, genitive plural плі́нтусів)

  1. skirting board, baseboard (panel between floor and interior wall)

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “плінтус”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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