посёлок

Russian

Etymology

Formed of по- (po-) +‎ село́ (seló) +‎ -ок (-ok). Cognate with Belarusian пасёлак (pasjólak).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɐˈsʲɵɫək]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

посёлок • (posjólok) m inan (genitive посёлка, nominative plural посёлки, genitive plural посёлков, relational adjective поселко́вый)

  1. small settlement, village
    рабо́чий посёлок ― rabóčij posjólok ― workmen’s settlement; workers’ town; factory housing estate
    да́чный посёлок ― dáčnyj posjólok ― suburban settlement
  2. town
    посёлок городско́го ти́па ― posjólok gorodskóvo típa ― urban-type settlement

Declension

Declension of посёлок (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 
singular plural
nominative посёлок
posjólok 		посёлки
posjólki
genitive посёлка
posjólka 		посёлков
posjólkov
dative посёлку
posjólku 		посёлкам
posjólkam
accusative посёлок
posjólok 		посёлки
posjólki
instrumental посёлком
posjólkom 		посёлками
posjólkami
prepositional посёлке
posjólke 		посёлках
posjólkax

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Khakas: посёлок (posyolok)
  • → Yakut: бөһүөлэк (böhüölek)
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