Tribade comes from the Greek word meaning "to rub". Russian for "to rub" is teret'. Tri is imperative mood of this verb, but also means "three" in Russian. Here is a Russian anagram with two "3-words":   
 
ôòéíõòôé + ð + éôáëá = ôòéðéôáëá + ôéíõò = ðáòôéôõòá + íéóôéë - ó 
 
ôÒÉÍÕÒÔÉ - Trimurti
éÔÁËÁ - Ithaca
ôÒÉÐÉÔÁËÁ - Tripitaka
ôÉÍÕÒ - Tamerlane (Timur)
ÐÁÒÔÉÔÕÒÁ - (mus.) score
ÍÉÓÔÉË - mystic
 
Like the 3-words Trimurti (Hinduist trinity) and Tripitaka ("three parts," Buddhist collection of sacred texts), Timur (the name means "iron" in Tartar) is mentioned in Ada (1.39). Ithaca is one of the Ionian islands, the legendary home of Odysseus; a town in the State New York where Nabokov teached at Cornell University.
 
Alexey Sklyarenko 
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