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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic кладѧѕь (kladędzĭ, well), from Proto-Slavic *kòldędzь; compare the inherited doublet коло́дезь (kolódezʹ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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кла́дезь (kládezʹm inan (genitive кла́дезя, nominative plural кла́дези, genitive plural кла́дезей)

  1. (literary, figurative) fount, treasury, storehouse (abundant, inexhaustible source of something, e.g. knowledge)
    кла́дезь му́дростиkládezʹ múdrostifount of wisdom; mine / fountain of information

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