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The Russian word for forest is
лес

les



forest

Russian Definition


forest
     1. лес
     2. лесной



Translations for forest and their definitions

лес
     1. n. forest, woods
           леса́ (lesá) — woodland, forests
           девственный лес (dévstvennyj) — virgin forest, primeval forest
           заповедный лес means:
           : заповедник - protection forest
           : тайный лес, священный лес, божий лес — sacred forest, a forest that nobody may enter
           корабельный лес (korabélnyj) — ship timber
           лиственный лес (lístvennyj) — leaf-bearing forest
           смешанный лес (sméšannyj) — mixed forest
           тропический лес (tropíčeskij) — rainforest
           хвойный лес (khvójnyj) — coniferous forest
           чаща леса — thicket, the depths of forest
           шум леса — murmur of the forest
           как в лесу (kak v lesú) (saying) — at sea, lost, disoriented
           кто в лес, кто по дрова (proverb) — (to be) at sixes and sevens (literal: some go to the forest, some go for firewood)
           лес рубят — щепки летят (proverb) — you can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs (literally: when cutting trees, chips fly)
           (для него) это тёмный лес (or дремучий лес) (saying), — it is all Greek (to him), (he is) completely in the dark about it (literally: this is the dark forest for him)
           в лесу́ люди лесеют, а в людях людеют (proverb) — literal: in the forest people become wild, and become people among people
           чей лес, того и пень (proverb) — literally: the man who owns a forest, also owns a stump
           Бог и ле́су не сравня́л (saying) - literally: God doesn’t even make the forest equal, meaning that people are not equal
     2. n. (only singular) lumber, timber
           лес в плотах (v plotákh) — timber float
           лес на корню (na kornjú) — standing timber
     3. n. (only plural) леса́ scaffolding, scaffold trestle, falsework
           леса (lesá) — scaffolding, scaffold trestle
     4. n. much, many, a lot of smth. (especially high, eminent)
           лес рук - a forest of hands (in school if nobody wants to answer the teacher’s question, it's used sarcastically, when nobody actually raises a hand, there is no forest of hands, not a single t
           лес мачт — a large number of ships
           лес штыков (štykóv) — forest of bayonets


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