вертеп

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic врьтьпъ (vrĭtĭpŭ, cave, garden), instead of expected *вертёп (*vertjóp), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *vьrtъpъ. Compare Ukrainian верте́п (vertép), Bulgarian върто́п (vǎrtóp, whirlpool), Slovene vrtèp. Per Vasmer, possibly related to Bulgarian врът (vrǎt, vegetable garden), Serbo-Croatian вр̏т (garden) as well as Lithuanian vérti (to lock) (1sg. veriù), Tocharian B warto (garden, grove) (also wärto), Old English weorð (house fence) (also worð).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [vʲɪrˈtʲep]
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Noun

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верте́п (vertépm inan (genitive верте́па, nominative plural верте́пы, genitive plural верте́пов)

  1. (archaic or biblical) cave, hideout
  2. (somewhat dated, figuratively) den, lair (especially of criminals or vice)
  3. (somewhat dated, figuratively) slum
  4. (dated, Ukraine) large box for puppets displaying nativity scenes or comic scenes
  5. (dated, figurative) performance of such puppets

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *vьrtъpъ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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верте́п (vertépm inan (genitive верте́пу, nominative plural верте́пи, genitive plural верте́пів)

  1. (archaic) cave, hideout
  2. large box for puppets displaying nativity scenes or comic scenes
  3. (figuratively) den, lair (especially of criminals or vice)

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Further reading

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  • Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “верте́п”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (в – відсрібли́тися), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN