крушец

Russian

Etymology

From late 17th c. Middle Russian крушецъ, кружецъ (krušec, kružec, “metallic ore; metal, product of its smelting; mine”), from Old Ruthenian крушецъ (krušecʹ, “ore, useful mineral; metal, product of ore smelting”) (since 1566), from Middle Polish kruszec, Polish kruszcz, from Old Polish kruszec (“ore, useful mineral, especially rock salt”) (since 1472; cf. Polish kruch (“unit of measurement of salt; salt stone”)), from Old Czech krušec (“lump of a useful mineral, especially rock salt”), krušek, from kruch (“piece, chunk”), from Proto-Slavic *kruxъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kraušas, from Proto-Indo-European *krows-o-s, ultimately from *krews- (“to freeze, become hard”).

Promoted by purists as an alternative to металл (metall) but fell out of use by 1830s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [krʊˈʂɛt͡s]

Noun

круше́ц • (krušéc) m inan (genitive крушца́, nominative plural крушцы́, genitive plural крушцо́в)

1. (obsolete) various metal ore, metal

Declension

Declension of круше́ц (inan masc-form ц-stem accent-b reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	круше́ц krušéc	крушцы́ krušcý
genitive	крушца́ krušcá	крушцо́в krušcóv
dative	крушцу́ krušcú	крушца́м krušcám
accusative	круше́ц krušéc	крушцы́ krušcý
instrumental	крушцо́м krušcóm	крушца́ми krušcámi
prepositional	крушце́ krušcé	крушца́х krušcáx