буксир

Russian

Etymology

First attested in 1712. Borrowed from German Bugsierer, from bugsieren, from Dutch boegseren, from Portuguese puxar, from Latin pulsāre.

Unrelated to Russian бу́кса (búksa). The relation with буксова́ть (buksovátʹ) is uncertain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʊkˈsʲir]

• Audio:

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Noun

букси́р • (buksír) m inan (genitive букси́ра, nominative plural букси́ры, genitive plural букси́ров, relational adjective букси́рный)

1. tug, tugboat, towboat
2. tow, towrope, towline

   тяну́ть на букси́ре ― tjanútʹ na buksíre ― to tow

   взять на букси́р ― vzjatʹ na buksír ― to take in tow; to give a helping hand (figuratively)

Declension

Declension of букси́р (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	букси́р buksír	букси́ры buksíry
genitive	букси́ра buksíra	букси́ров buksírov
dative	букси́ру buksíru	букси́рам buksíram
accusative	букси́р buksír	букси́ры buksíry
instrumental	букси́ром buksírom	букси́рами buksírami
prepositional	букси́ре buksíre	букси́рах buksírax

Related terms

• букси́ровать impf (buksírovatʹ)

Descendants

• → Armenian: բուքսիր (bukʻsir)
• → Lithuanian: buksỹras
• → Persian: بکسل (boksol)
• → Ukrainian: букси́р (buksýr)

See also

• тяга́ч (tjagáč)

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “буксировать”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

Ukrainian

Буксир «Кременець»

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian букси́р (buksír), from German Bugsierer, from bugsieren, from Dutch boegseren, from Portuguese puxar, from Latin pulsāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʊkˈsɪr]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

букси́р • (buksýr) m inan (genitive букси́ра, nominative plural букси́ри, genitive plural букси́рів, relational adjective букси́рний)

1. tug, tugboat, towboat
2. tow, towrope, towline

   тягти́ на букси́рі ― tjahtý na buksýri ― to tow

   взя́ти на букси́р ― vzjáty na buksýr ― to take in tow; to give a helping hand (figuratively)

Declension

Declension of букси́р
(inan hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	букси́р buksýr	букси́ри buksýry
genitive	букси́ра buksýra	букси́рів buksýriv
dative	букси́рові, букси́ру buksýrovi, buksýru	букси́рам buksýram
accusative	букси́р buksýr	букси́ри buksýry
instrumental	букси́ром buksýrom	букси́рами buksýramy
locative	букси́рі buksýri	букси́рах buksýrax
vocative	букси́ре buksýre	букси́ри buksýry

Related terms

• буксирува́ти impf (buksyruváty)

References

• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2010), “буксир”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (а – бязь), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
• “буксир”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “буксир”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “буксир”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “буксир”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “буксир”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “буксир”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua, Slovnyk.ua]‎^[2]