ковчег
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Old Church Slavonic ковьчегъ (kovĭčegŭ) from Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠤᠷᠴᠠᠭ (qaurčag) presumably through a Turkic language. Compare Mongolian хуурцаг (xuurcag).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kofˈt͡ʃɛk]
Audio: (file)
Noun
ковче́г • (kovčég) m
- coffin (oblong closed box for the dead)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | ковче́г kovčég |
ковче́зи kovčézi |
| definite (subject form) |
ковче́гът kovčégǎt |
ковче́зите kovčézite |
| definite (object form) |
ковче́га kovčéga | |
| count form | — | ковче́га kovčéga |
Macedonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic ковьчегъ (kovĭčegŭ) from Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠤᠷᠴᠠᠭ (qaurčag) presumably through a Turkic language. Compare Mongolian хуурцаг (xuurcag).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɔft͡ʃɛk]
Noun
ковчег • (kovčeg) m
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | ковчег (kovčeg) | ковчези (kovčezi) |
| definite unspecified | ковчегот (kovčegot) | ковчезите (kovčezite) |
| definite proximal | ковчегов (kovčegov) | ковчезиве (kovčezive) |
| definite distal | ковчегон (kovčegon) | ковчезине (kovčezine) |
| vocative | ковчегу (kovčegu) | ковчези (kovčezi) |
| count form | — | ковчега (kovčega) |
Synonyms
- сандак (sandak)
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic ковьчегъ (kovĭčegŭ) from Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠤᠷᠴᠠᠭ (qaurčag) presumably through a Turkic language. Compare Mongolian хуурцаг (xuurcag).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kɐfˈt͡ɕek]
Noun
ковче́г • (kovčég) m inan (genitive ковче́га, nominative plural ковче́ги, genitive plural ковче́гов, relational adjective ковче́жный, diminutive ковче́жец)
- ark
- Ноев ковче́г ― Nojev kovčég ― Noah's ark
- ковче́г заве́та ― kovčég zavéta ― Ark of the Covenant
Declension
Related terms
Derived in OCS:
- ковче́жец m (kovčéžec)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ковчег”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Shansky, N. M., editor (1982), “ковчег”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, number 8 (К), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 181
- Krylov, G. A. (2004) “ковчег”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Victory, →ISBN
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “ковчег”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic ковьчегъ (kovĭčegŭ) from Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠤᠷᠴᠠᠭ (qaurčag) presumably through a Turkic language. Compare Mongolian хуурцаг (xuurcag).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kǒʋt͡ʃeɡ/
- Hyphenation: ков‧чег
Noun
ко̀вчег m inan (Latin spelling kòvčeg)