половодье

Russian

Etymology

From по́лая вода́ (pólaja vodá, “floodwaters”) + -ье (-ʹje).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [pəlɐˈvodʲje]

Noun

полово́дье • (polovódʹje) n inan (genitive полово́дья, nominative plural полово́дья, genitive plural полово́дий)

  1. seasonal flooding (from snowmelt, monsoons, etc.)
  2. (figuratively, poetic) flood (e.g. of feelings)

Declension
Declension of полово́дье (inan neut-form vowel-stem accent-a irreg) 
singular plural
nominative полово́дье
polovódʹje		 полово́дья
polovódʹja
genitive полово́дья
polovódʹja		 полово́дий
polovódij
dative полово́дью
polovódʹju		 полово́дьям
polovódʹjam
accusative полово́дье
polovódʹje		 полово́дья
polovódʹja
instrumental полово́дьем
polovódʹjem		 полово́дьями
polovódʹjami
prepositional полово́дье, полово́дьи△*
polovódʹje, polovódʹi△*		 полово́дьях
polovódʹjax

△ Irregular.
* Poetic.

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