способ

Inherited from Old Slovak spôsob, spósob, from Proto-Slavic *sъposobъ. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn способ (sposob) and Slovak spôsob.

• IPA^(key): [ˈspɔsɔp]
• Rhymes: -ɔsɔp
• Hyphenation: спо‧соб

способ (sposob) m inan (relational adjective способови)

1. way, manner, method, mode, approach, style, fashion

   Synonyms: метод (metod), стил (stil)

   найсц способ ― najsc sposob ― to find a way

   способ думаня ― sposob dumanja ― way of thinking

   на кажди способ ― na každi sposob ― by all means

   на исти способ ― na isti sposob ― likewise (literally, “by the same manner”)

   яки то способ! ― jaki to sposob! ― how dare you act like that! (literally, “what a way!”)

2. medium, means

   Synonym: средство (sredstvo)

   вон нє вибера способ ― von nje vibera sposob ― he does not choose the means

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M. (1995), “начин”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (А – Њ), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 757
• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “способ”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M.; Šlemender, M.; Čelʹovski, S. (2022), “manner”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 173
• Fejsa, M.; Šlemender, M.; Čelʹovski, S. (2022), “mode”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 181
• Fejsa, M.; Šlemender, M.; Čelʹovski, S. (2022), “way”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 372

• спо́собъ (spósob) — pre-1918 spelling

Possibly borrowed from Old Czech zpósob (whence Czech způsob), from Proto-Slavic *sъposobъ (itself from Proto-Slavic *sъ + Proto-Slavic *posobiti.) Cognate with Ukrainian спо́сіб (spósib), Belarusian спо́саб (spósab), Slovak spôsob, Polish sposób, Bulgarian спо́соб (spósob).

• IPA^(key): [ˈsposəp]

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спо́соб • (spósob) m inan (genitive спо́соба, nominative plural спо́собы, genitive plural спо́собов)

1. method, means, manner, mode, way

   Synonym: ме́тод (métod)

• спосо́бный (sposóbnyj)
  • спосо́бность (sposóbnostʹ)

• посо́бие (posóbije)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “способ”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress