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огонь

/[ɐˈɡonʲ]/
Russiannounintj

Definitions

  1. 1.
    fire (also figurative)
  2. 2.
    light
  3. 3.
    fire (of weapons)
  4. 4.
    Fire! (command issued to order people to shoot)
    • Из со́тен ты́сяч батаре́й, За слёзы на́ших матере́й, За на́шу Ро́дину — Ого́нь! Ого́нь!

      Marš artilleristovFrom the hundreds of thousands of batteries, For the tears of our mothers, For our homeland — Fire! Fire!

Synonyms & related words

Word family
  • огнёвка
  • Огнели́с
  • огнемёт
  • огнеопа́сный
  • огнепокло́нник
  • огнесто́йкий
  • огнестре́л
  • огнестре́льный
  • огнетуши́тель
  • огнеупо́рный
Synonyms
Antonyms
Related words (2)
  • горе́ть
  • пожа́р

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic огнь (ognĭ), from Proto-Slavic *ogňь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ugnis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnis. Cognate with Latvian uguns, Latin ignis (whence English ignition and igneous, Latin borrowings), Sanskrit अग्नि (agní), Albanian e enjte. Compare also Hittite 𒀀𒀝𒉌𒅖 (a-ak-ni-iš), an Indo-Aryan borrowing. Doublet of Агни (Agni). The second o-letter is not from an ъ-extra-short sound, but has the same origin as in extra sounds in у́голь (úgolʹ) and во́семь (vósemʹ). Because of it, the original stress was not ого́нь, but о́гонь. Anyway, the original stress today is probably not preserved in any dialect.

Forms

  • ого́ньcanonical • inanimate • masculine
  • ogónʹromanization
  • огня́genitive
  • огнево́йadjective • relational
  • о́гненныйadjective • relational
  • огонёкdiminutive
  • огньalternative
Nominative
Singular
ого́нь
Plural
огни́
Genitive
Singular
огня́
Plural
огне́й
Dative
Singular
огню́
Plural
огня́м, огня́мъ (archaic)
Accusative
Singular
ого́нь
Plural
огни́
Instrumental
Singular
огнём, огнёмъ (archaic)
Plural
огня́ми
Prepositional
Singular
огне́, огнѣ́
Plural
огня́х, огня́хъ (archaic)

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