хрусталь

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek κρουστάλλιον (kroustállion), a diminutive form of κρούσταλλον (kroústallon), a variant of Byzantine Greek κρύσταλλον (krústallon), both ultimately from Ancient Greek κρύσταλλος (krústallos). Compare Greek κρούσταλλο (kroústallo). The starting х- was possibly influenced by хрусте́ть (xrustétʹ). The gender was likely influenced by the doublet кристалл (kristall), which entered Russian via Latin crystallum.

• IPA^(key): [xrʊˈstalʲ]

хруста́ль • (xrustálʹ) m inan (genitive хрусталя́, nominative plural хрустали́, genitive plural хрустале́й, relational adjective хруста́льный)

1. crystal, cut glass, lead glass (glass with a high refractive index, used for making fine glassware; by extension, fine glassware made of such glass)
2. rock crystal

   Synonym: го́рный хруста́ль (górnyj xrustálʹ)

• хруста́лик (xrustálik)