смерч

Russian

смерч

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic смьрьчь (smĭrĭčĭ, “cloud”). Cognates include сморкать (smorkatʹ, “to blow one's nose”), морок (morok, “darkness, cloud, fog”) and мрак (mrak, “darkness”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [smʲert͡ɕ]

Noun

смерч • (smerč) m inan (genitive сме́рча, nominative plural сме́рчи, genitive plural сме́рчей)

(meteorology) tornado, twister, whirlwind

Declension

Declension of смерч (inan masc-form sibilant-stem accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	сме́рч smérč	сме́рчи smérči
genitive	сме́рча smérča	сме́рчей smérčej
dative	сме́рчу smérču	сме́рчам smérčam
accusative	сме́рч smérč	сме́рчи smérči
instrumental	сме́рчем smérčem	сме́рчами smérčami
prepositional	сме́рче smérče	сме́рчах smérčax

Synonyms

торна́до n (tornádo)

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “смерч”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačev O. N., Moscow: Progress

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