лабаз

Russian

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from Komi-Zyrian лобос (lobos), although the direction of borrowing is unclear. Alternatively, possibly of Slavic origin and related to лаба́зник (labáznik, dropwort) and лабазина (labazina, twig, switch), although as noted by Shansky, this hypothesis would require an improbable semantic evolution.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɫɐˈbas]

Noun

лаба́з • (labázm inan (genitive лаба́за, nominative plural лаба́зы, genitive plural лаба́зов, relational adjective лаба́зный)

  1. (regional) lean-to, shed
    Synonym: наве́с (navés)
  2. (dated) barn, granary, warehouse
  3. (hunting) tree stand, machan
  4. (Saint Petersburg) corner store, bodega

Declension

References

  • Shansky, N. M., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (1999), “лабаз”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), number 9 (Л), Moscow: Moscow University Press, →ISBN Invalid ISBN, page 6