золото

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic золото (zoloto), from Proto-Slavic *zolto, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰolh₃tom (o-grade), from *ǵʰelh₃- (yellow; gleam; to shine). Doublet of зла́то (zláto).

Cognate with Polish złoto, Serbo-Croatian зла̑то, Latvian zelts (e-grade), English gold (zero grade)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzolətə]
  • (file)

Noun

зо́лото (zóloto) n inan (genitive зо́лота, uncountable)

  1. gold (metal)

Declension

Synonyms

  • (scientific): а́урум (áurum)
  • (archaic, poetic): зла́то (zláto)

Derived terms

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 547
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), золото”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress
  • Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), золото”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 328

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzɔlɔtɔ]
  • (file)

Noun

зо́лото (zóloto) n (genitive зо́лота, uncountable)

  1. (uncountable) gold (element)

Declension

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