зерцало

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic зрьцало (zrĭcalo), from Proto-Slavic *zьrcadlo. Compare Polish zwierciadło, Serbo-Croatian зр̀цало / Serbo-Croatian zr̀calo. Doublet of native зе́ркало (zérkalo).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zʲɪrˈt͡saɫə]

Noun

зерца́ло • (zercálo) n inan (genitive зерца́ла, nominative plural зерца́ла, genitive plural зерца́л)

  1. (dated, poetic or folkloric) mirror or similar reflective surface (e.g. of a river)
  2. (historical) mirror armor (a type of cuirass)

Declension

See also

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