Russian edit

Etymology edit

From пыль (pylʹ, dust) +‎ -е- (-e-) +‎ -сос (-sos), combining form of соса́ть (sosátʹ, to suck). Calque of German Staubsauger.[1] First attested in 1907. Calqued also as пылевсасыватель (pylevsasyvatelʹ) (1914).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [pɨlʲɪˈsos]
  • (file)

Noun edit

пылесо́с (pylesósm inan (genitive пылесо́са, nominative plural пылесо́сы, genitive plural пылесо́сов)

  1. vacuum cleaner

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: պիլասոս (pilasos), փոշեծծիչ (pʿošeccičʿ) (calque), փոշեկուլ (pʿošekul) (calque)
  • Azerbaijani: tozsoran (calque)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Arapova, N. S. (2000) “пылесос”, 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, page 200