ковчег

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic ковьчегъ (kovĭčegŭ) from Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠤᠷᠴᠠᠭ (qaurčag) presumably through a Turkic language. Compare Mongolian хуурцаг (xuurcag).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kofˈt͡ʃɛk]

• Audio:

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Noun

ковче́г • (kovčég) m

1. coffin (oblong closed box for the dead)

Declension

Declension of ковче́г

	singular	plural
indefinite	ковче́г kovčég	ковче́зи kovčézi
definite (subject form)	ковче́гът kovčégǎt	ковче́зите kovčézite
definite (object form)	ковче́га kovčéga
count form	—	ковче́га kovčéga

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic ковьчегъ (kovĭčegŭ) from Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠤᠷᠴᠠᠭ (qaurčag) presumably through a Turkic language. Compare Mongolian хуурцаг (xuurcag).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔft͡ʃɛk]

Noun

ковчег • (kovčeg) m

1. chest (container)
2. coffin

Declension

Declension of ковчег

	singular	plural
indefinite	ковчег (kovčeg)	ковчези (kovčezi)
definite unspecified	ковчегот (kovčegot)	ковчезите (kovčezite)
definite proximal	ковчегов (kovčegov)	ковчезиве (kovčezive)
definite distal	ковчегон (kovčegon)	ковчезине (kovčezine)
vocative	ковчегу (kovčegu)	ковчези (kovčezi)
count form	—	ковчега (kovčega)

Synonyms

• сандак (sandak)

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic ковьчегъ (kovĭčegŭ) from Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠤᠷᠴᠠᠭ (qaurčag) presumably through a Turkic language. Compare Mongolian хуурцаг (xuurcag).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɐfˈt͡ɕek]

Noun

ковче́г • (kovčég) m inan (genitive ковче́га, nominative plural ковче́ги, genitive plural ковче́гов, relational adjective ковче́жный, diminutive ковче́жец)

1. ark

   Ноев ковче́г ― Nojev kovčég ― Noah's ark

   ковче́г заве́та ― kovčég zavéta ― Ark of the Covenant

Declension

Declension of ковче́г (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ковче́г kovčég	ковче́ги kovčégi
genitive	ковче́га kovčéga	ковче́гов kovčégov
dative	ковче́гу kovčégu	ковче́гам kovčégam
accusative	ковче́г kovčég	ковче́ги kovčégi
instrumental	ковче́гом kovčégom	ковче́гами kovčégami
prepositional	ковче́ге kovčége	ковче́гах kovčégax

Related terms

Derived in OCS:

• ковче́жец m (kovčéžec)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ковчег”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Shansky, N. M., editor (1982), “ковчег”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, number 8 (К), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 181
• Krylov, G. A. (2004) “ковчег”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Victory, →ISBN

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “ковчег”, 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.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic ковьчегъ (kovĭčegŭ) from Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠤᠷᠴᠠᠭ (qaurčag) presumably through a Turkic language. Compare Mongolian хуурцаг (xuurcag).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kǒʋt͡ʃeɡ/
• Hyphenation: ков‧чег

Noun

ко̀вчег m (Latin spelling kòvčeg)

1. case
2. suitcase

Declension

Declension of ковчег

	singular	plural
nominative	ко̀вчег	ко̀вчези
genitive	ковчега	ко̏вче̄га̄
dative	ковчегу	ковчезима
accusative	ковчег	ковчеге
vocative	ковчеже / ковчегу	ковчези
locative	ковчегу	ковчезима
instrumental	ковчегом	ковчезима