хлопья

Russian

Etymology

Unclear. Cognate with хло́пок (xlópok, “cotton”). Compare with Czech chlup, Slovak chlp, Polish chłupy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxɫop⁽ʲ⁾jə]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

хло́пья • (xlópʹja) n inan pl (genitive хло́пьев, plural only)

1. flakes (soft, loose material composed of small, flattened individual pieces)

   кукуру́зные хло́пья ― kukurúznyje xlópʹja ― corn flakes

2. (figuratively) puffs, tufts, wisps (of clouds, smoke, etc.)

Declension

Declension of хло́пья (inan pl-only neut-form vowel-stem accent-a irreg) 

	plural
nominative	хло́пья xlópʹja
genitive	хло́пьев△ xlópʹjev△
dative	хло́пьям xlópʹjam
accusative	хло́пья xlópʹja
instrumental	хло́пьями xlópʹjami
prepositional	хло́пьях xlópʹjax

^△ Irregular.

Related terms

• хло́пок (xlópok)
• хлопча́тый (xlopčátyj)

Further reading

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