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жезл

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nounmasculineinanimatecountable
  • 1.

    staff, rod, baton (of office), crozier

    Епи́скоп держа́л в руке́ жезл.

    The bishop held a crozier in his hand.

    Used of ceremonial staffs of rulers, bishops and marshals.

  • 2.

    baton (traffic police), traffic batontraffic

    Инспе́ктор взмахну́л полоса́тым жезло́м.

    The inspector waved his striped baton.

    A black-and-white striped baton used for directing traffic.

  • 3.

    (rarestaff (railway token), tokenrailways

    Машини́ст получи́л на ста́нции жезл.

    The driver was given the staff at the station.

    Historical single-track signalling device.

Examples

Declension

⚠️ Stress change.

SingularPlural
Nom.Nominative

же́зл

жезлы́

Gen.Genitive

жезла́

жезло́в

Dat.Dative

жезлу́

жезла́м

Acc.Accusative

же́зл

жезлы́

Inst.Instrumental

жезло́м

жезла́ми

Prep.Prepositional

жезле́

жезла́х

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  • Iron edited translation 2 weeks ago.