орёл

See also: орел and Орёл

Russian

FWOTD – 28 August 2015
Орёл (1)
Орёл (2)

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Etymology

From Old East Slavic орьлъ (orĭlŭ), from Proto-Slavic *orьlъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐˈrʲɵl]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɵl

Noun

орёл (orjól) m anim (genitive орла́, nominative plural орлы́, genitive plural орло́в)

  1. eagle
    • 1839 – 1841, М. Ю. Лермонтов, Герой нашего времени
      Там есть где развернуть холодные крылья, а здесь тебе душно и тесно, как орлу, который с криком бьётся о решётку железной своей клетки.
      Tam jestʹ gde razvernutʹ xolodnyje krylʹja, a zdesʹ tebe dušno i tesno, kak orlu, kotoryj s krikom bʹjótsja o rešótku železnoj svojej kletki.
      • 1916 translation by J.H. Wisdom, Marr Murray
        There mayest thou unfold thy cold wings, but here thou art stifled and confined, like an eagle beating his wings, with a shriek, against the grating of his iron cage!
  2. (colloquial) heads (side of a coin)
  3. (figuratively) a brave man

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