целина́

rare #11651

nounfeminineinanimateuncountable

1.
virgin land, virgin soil, untilled landagriculture
Тра́ктор паха́л целину́ с у́тра до ве́чера.
The tractor was ploughing the virgin land from morning till night.
Often in the set phrase поднимать целину 'to plough up virgin land'.
2.
new ground, uncharted territory, untrodden ground
Ны́нешний соста́в депута́тов пришёл не на целину́.
The current group of deputies did not arrive on completely new ground.
3.
(rare) the Virgin Landshistory
Мой дед уе́хал на целину́ в Казахста́н.
My grandfather went off to the Virgin Lands in Kazakhstan.
Refers to the Soviet Virgin Lands campaign in Kazakhstan and Siberia.

Examples

Тракторы распахали старую целину под поля
The tractors plowed up the old virgin land for fields.
Целина простиралась до самого горизонта
The virgin land stretched all the way to the horizon.
Молодые люди поехали поднимать целину в Казахстан
The young people went to Kazakhstan to cultivate virgin land.

This noun exists in singular form only.