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рушни́к

rare #48509

nouninanimatecountable

1.
embroidered towel, ritual towel, towelfolk-culture
Молодых встре́тили хлебом-солью на рушнике́.
The newlyweds were greeted with bread and salt on an embroidered towel.
A long decorated linen cloth used at weddings, funerals and for icons in Ukrainian, Belarusian and southern Russian custom; also simply a towel in dialect.

Examples

Бабушка хранила браный рушник в шкафу.
Grandmother kept the patterned rushnyk in the cupboard.
Бабушка хранит старинный рушник в шкафу.
Grandmother keeps an old rushnyk in the cupboard.
Невесту встречали с хлебом на рушнике.
The bride was welcomed with bread served on a rushnyk.
На свадьбу вышили красивый рушник.
They embroidered a beautiful rushnyk for the wedding.

Declension

⚠️ Stress change.

	Singular	Plural
Nom.Nominative	рушни́к	рушники́
Gen.Genitive	рушника́	рушнико́в
Dat.Dative	рушнику́	рушника́м
Acc.Accusative	рушни́к	рушники́
Inst.Instrumental	рушнико́м	рушника́ми
Prep.Prepositional	рушнике́	рушника́х

Related words

See also

руководи́тьto lead; to guide
рукоя́ткаhandle

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Iron edited translation 2 weeks ago.
luke.hess97 edited translation 2 years ago.

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embroidered ritual towel