вершок
See also: верщок
Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak vŕšok. By surface analysis, верх (verx) + -ок (-ok).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvɛrʃɔk]
- Rhymes: -ɛrʃɔk
- Hyphenation: вер‧шок
Noun
вершок (veršok) m inan
- (rare) synonym of вершина (veršina)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | вершок (veršok) | вершки (verški) |
| genitive | вершка (verška) | вершкох (verškox) |
| dative | вершку (veršku) | вершком (verškom) |
| accusative | вершок (veršok) | вершки (verški) |
| instrumental | вершком (verškom) | вершками (verškami) |
| locative | вершку (veršku) | вершкох (verškox) |
| vocative | вершку (veršku) | вершки (verški) |
References
- Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M. (1995), “врхунац”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (А – Њ), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 146
- Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “вершок”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
Russian
Etymology
Per Vasmer, from верх (verx, “top”) + -о́к (-ók), probably originally "length of the upper phalanx of the index finger".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [vʲɪrˈʂok]
Noun
вершо́к • (veršók) m inan (genitive вершка́, nominative plural вершки́, genitive plural вершко́в)
- an old Russian unit of length approximately equal to 4.445 centimeters or 1/16 of an arshin
Declension
Declension of вершо́к (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-b reduc)
Descendants
- → English: vershok
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “вершок”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress