альфа-лучи

Russian edit

Etymology edit

First attested in 1913. а́льфа (álʹfa) +‎ лучи́ (lučí), calque of German Alphastrahlen.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˌalʲfə ɫʊˈt͡ɕi]

Noun edit

а́льфа-лучи́ (álʹfa-lučím inan pl (genitive а́льфа-луче́й, plural only)

  1. alpha rays

Declension edit

References edit

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “альфа-лучи”, 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