потолок

Russian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *potolъkъ, 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): [pətɐˈɫok]
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Noun

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

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
(figuratively) upper limit
(figuratively) limit in someone's development
(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

Alternative forms

потоло́къ (potolók) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Antonyms

пол m (pol)

Descendants

→ Armenian: պատալոկ (patalok)
→ Georgian: პატალოკი (ṗaṭaloḳi)

Verb

потоло́к • (potolók)

masculine singular past indicative perfective of потоло́чь (potolóčʹ)

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