Old Church Slavonic edit

 
пламень

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *polmy.

Noun edit

пламень (plamenĭm

  1. flame

Russian edit

Etymology edit

Variant of пла́мя (plámja), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic. Compare Bulgarian пла́мен (plámen), Serbo-Croatian пла̏ме̄н, Slovene plámen (gen. sg. plaména)), Czech plamen, Slovak plameň, Polish płomień.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

пла́мень (plámenʹm inan

  1. (folk poetic) flame (also figurative, referring to emotions)

Usage notes edit

Exists only in the nominative and accusative singular.