хлеб

From Old East Slavic хлѣбъ (xlěbŭ), from Proto-Slavic *xlěbъ, from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz. Compare Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃 (hlaifs).

• IPA^(key): [xlʲep]

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хлеб • (xljeb) m inan (genitive хле́ба, nominative plural хлябы́, genitive plural хлябо́ў)

1. bread, loaf

• “хлеб” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

• хлѣбъ (xlěb) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Inherited from Old East Slavic хлѣбъ (xlěbŭ), from Proto-Slavic *xlěbъ, from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz, of unknown origin.

• IPA^(key): [xlʲep]

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хлеб • (xleb) m inan (genitive хле́ба, nominative plural хле́бы, genitive plural хле́бов, relational adjective хле́бный, diminutive хле́бушек or хле́бец)

1. bread
2. loaf
3. (Saint Petersburg) black bread, rye bread

   Antonym: (Saint Petersburg) бу́лка (búlka)

хлеб • (xleb) m inan (genitive хле́ба, nominative plural хлеба́, genitive plural хлебо́в, relational adjective хле́бный)

1. (usually in the plural) grain

   ве́тер колы́шет хлеба́ ― véter kolýšet xlebá ― the grain sways in the wind

2. (figurative) food, subsistence, living (cf. breadwinner)

   Раньше мы зарабатывали на хлеб, продавая яблоки. ― Ranʹše my zarabatyvali na xleb, prodavaja jabloki. ― We used to make a living by selling apples.

   фотогра́фия — мой хлеб ― fotográfija — moj xleb ― photography is my living

• → Mandarin: 列巴 (lièbā) > 大列巴 (dàlièbā) (Northeastern Mandarin)
  • → English: dalieba
  • → Russian: дале́ба (daléba)
• → Russenorsk: klæba

• хље̏б (Ijekavian)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xlěbъ, from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz. Compare Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃 (hlaifs).

• IPA^(key): /xlêb/

хле̏б m (Latin spelling hlȅb, diminutive хлѐпчић, relational adjective хле̏бни)

1. bread
2. loaf (of bread)
3. circled shape of bread