труп

From Proto-Slavic *trupъ.

• IPA^(key): [trup]

труп • (trup) m

1. body, torso
2. corpse
3. trunk (base of a tree)

'труп' is able to mean either "trunk" or "body", which are indistinguishable in the singular. However, in the plural, the "trunk" sense takes on the alternative form тру́пи, whilst the other senses use тру́пове.

• “труп”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “труп”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trupъ.

• IPA^(key): [trup]
• Rhymes: -up

труп • (trup) m (diminutive трупче)

1. trunk (of a tree)
2. torso
3. corpse
4. (colloquial) an ignorant or unskilled person

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trupъ.

• IPA^(key): [trup]

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• Rhymes: -up

труп • (trup) m inan (genitive тру́па, nominative plural тру́пы, genitive plural тру́пов)

1. corpse, dead body
   • 1929, Александр Беляев [Alexander Belyaev], Мёртвая зона; English translation from (Please provide a date or year):

     Ден продолжа́л по́иски и наконе́ц нашё́л жа́лкие оста́тки тру́па, обгло́данного каки́ми-то ночны́ми хи́щниками.

     Den prodolžál póiski i nakonéc našól žálkije ostátki trúpa, obglódannovo kakími-to nočnými xíščnikami.

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• тру́пный (trúpnyj)
• трупово́зка f (trupovózka)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trupъ.

• IPA^(key): /trûːp/

тру̑п m inan (Latin spelling trȗp)

1. torso, trunk, body

• “труп”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “труп”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

• IPA^(key): [trup]

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trupъ (“(tree) stump”),^[1] with this meaning still present in Czech and Polish trup, from Proto-Indo-European *truH-p. Perhaps related to Lithuanian traupus (“fragile,brittle”), Greek τρυπώ (trupṓ, “bore”). Compare Russian труп (trup), Belarusian труп (trup), Bulgarian труп (trup), all with the same meaning.

труп • (trup) m inan (genitive тру́па, nominative plural тру́пи, genitive plural тру́пів)

1. corpse

• тіло (tilo)

труп • (trup) f inan pl

1. genitive plural of тру́па (trúpa)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “труп”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “труп”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “труп”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “труп”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)