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 хрусталь on Russian Wikipedia

Etymology

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Borrowed from Byzantine Greek κρουστάλλιον (kroustállion), a diminutive form of κρούσταλλον (kroústallon), a variant of Byzantine Greek κρύσταλλον (krústallon), both ultimately from Ancient Greek κρύσταλλος (krústallos). Compare Greek κρούσταλλο (kroústallo). The starting х- was possibly influenced by хрусте́ть (xrustétʹ). The gender was likely influenced by the doublet кристалл (kristall), which entered Russian via Latin crystallum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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хруста́ль (xrustálʹm inan (genitive хрусталя́, nominative plural хрустали́, genitive plural хрустале́й, relational adjective хруста́льный)

  1. crystal, cut glass, lead glass (glass with a high refractive index, used for making fine glassware; by extension, fine glassware made of such glass)
  2. rock crystal
    Synonym: го́рный хруста́ль (górnyj xrustálʹ)

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