потолок
RussianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Slavic [Term?], from *tьlo (“ground, bottom”), from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂-o- (“ground”), from *telh₂- (“to bear, carry”). Cognates include Sanskrit तल (tala, “surface, bottom”), Latin tellūs (“ground, land”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
потоло́к • (potolók) m inan (genitive потолка́, nominative plural потолки́, genitive plural потолко́в)
- ceiling
- плева́ть в потоло́к ― plevátʹ v potolók ― to sit around doing nothing
- взять с потолка́ ― vzjatʹ s potolká ― to make up, to spin out of thin air
- (figuratively) upper limit
- (figuratively) limit in someone's development
- (aviation) roof
DeclensionEdit
Declension of потоло́к (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-b reduc)
AntonymsEdit
- пол m (pol)
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
потоло́к • (potolók)
- masculine singular past indicative perfective of потоло́чь (potolóčʹ)