потолок

Russian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic [Term?], from *tьlo (“ground, bottom”), from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂-o- (“ground”), from *telh₂- (“to bear, carry”). Cognates include Sanskrit तल (tala, “surface, bottom”), Latin tellūs (“ground, land”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [pətɐˈlok]
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Noun

потоло́к • (potolók) m inan (genitive потолка́, nominative plural потолки́, genitive plural потолко́в)

  1. ceiling
    плева́ть в потоло́к ― plevátʹ v potolók ― to sit around doing nothing
    взять с потолка́ ― vzjatʹ s potolká ― to make up, to spin out of thin air
  2. (figuratively) upper limit
  3. (figuratively) limit in someone's development
  4. (aviation) roof
Declension
Declension of потоло́к (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-b reduc) 
singular plural
nominative потоло́к
potolók		 потолки́
potolkí
genitive потолка́
potolká		 потолко́в
potolkóv
dative потолку́
potolkú		 потолка́м
potolkám
accusative потоло́к
potolók		 потолки́
potolkí
instrumental потолко́м
potolkóm		 потолка́ми
potolkámi
prepositional потолке́
potolké		 потолка́х
potolkáx
Antonyms

Etymology 2

Verb

потоло́к • (potolók)

  1. masculine singular past indicative perfective of потоло́чь (potolóčʹ)
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