арбуз

Russian

арбуз

Alternative forms

• арбу́зъ (arbúz) – Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic арбузъ (arbuzŭ), via Turkic from Persian خربز‎ (xarboz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐrˈbus]

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Noun

арбу́з • (arbúz) m inan (genitive арбу́за, nominative plural арбу́зы, genitive plural арбу́зов, relational adjective арбу́зный, diminutive арбу́зик, augmentative арбу́зище)

1. watermelon
2. (slang) milliard, billion

Declension

Declension of арбу́з (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	арбу́з arbúz	арбу́зы arbúzy
genitive	арбу́за arbúza	арбу́зов arbúzov
dative	арбу́зу arbúzu	арбу́зам arbúzam
accusative	арбу́з arbúz	арбу́зы arbúzy
instrumental	арбу́зом arbúzom	арбу́зами arbúzami
prepositional	арбу́зе arbúze	арбу́зах arbúzax

Descendants

• → Estonian: arbuus
• → Finnish: arbuusi
• → Latvian: arbūzs
• → Lithuanian: arbūzas
• → Polish: arbuz
• → Volga German: Erbus

References

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