тлен
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- тлѣнъ (tlěn) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
[edit]From the root of тлеть (tletʹ, “to rot”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]тлен • (tlen) m inan (genitive тле́на, uncountable)
- (poetic) decay, rot
- предохрани́ть от тле́на ― predoxranítʹ ot tléna ― to save; to prevent from decay
- dust
- dust, vanity, nothingness, sham
- обрати́ться/преврати́ться в тлен ― obratítʹsja/prevratítʹsja v tlen ― to turn to dust
- (neologism or slang) despair
Declension
[edit]Declension of тлен (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
Synonyms
[edit]- прах m (prax)
Related terms
[edit]- тле́ть impf (tlétʹ)
- тле́ние n (tlénije), тле́нность f (tlénnostʹ), нетле́нка f (netlénka)
- тле́нный (tlénnyj), нетле́нный (netlénnyj)
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