перл

Russian

Etymology

Perhaps borrowed from German Perl.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pʲerɫ]

Noun

перл • (perl) m inan (genitive пе́рла, nominative plural пе́рлы, genitive plural пе́рлов)

  1. (dated) pearl
  2. (printing) pearl
  3. (ironical) malapropism, howler
    пе́рлы прему́дрости ― pérly premúdrosti ― "pearls of wisdom" (only ironic)
    бюрократи́ческие пе́рлы ― bjurokratíčeskije pérly ― bureaucratic gobbledygook
  4. (computing) Perl

Declension

Declension of перл (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative пе́рл
pérl 		пе́рлы
pérly
genitive пе́рла
pérla 		пе́рлов
pérlov
dative пе́рлу
pérlu 		пе́рлам
pérlam
accusative пе́рл
pérl 		пе́рлы
pérly
instrumental пе́рлом
pérlom 		пе́рлами
pérlami
prepositional пе́рле
pérle 		пе́рлах
pérlax

Derived terms

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