ковчег

Bulgarian

Etymology

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

Noun

ковче́г • (kovčég) m

1. coffin (oblong closed box for the dead)

Inflection

Inflection of ковчег

	singular	plural
indefinite	ковчег	ковчези
definite (subject form)	ковчегът	ковчезите
definite (object form)	ковчега
count form	—	ковчега
vocative form	ковчеже	ковчези

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Macedonian

Etymology

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

Noun

ковчег • (kovčeg) m

1. chest (container)
2. coffin

Inflection

Declension of ковчег

	singular	plural
indefinite	ковчег	ковчези
definite unspecified	ковчегот	ковчезите
definite proximal	ковчегов	ковчезиве
definite distal	ковчегон	ковчезине
vocative	ковчегу	ковчези
count form	—	ковчега

Synonyms

• сандак (sandak)

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Russian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɐfˈt͡ɕek]

Noun

ковче́г • (kovčég) m inan (genitive ковче́га, nominative plural ковче́ги, genitive plural ковче́гов)

1. ark

   Ноев ковче́г ― Nojev kovčég ― Noah's ark

   ковче́г заве́та ― kovčég zavéta ― Ark of the Covenant

2. shrine

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

• ковче́жец m (kovčéžec)
• ковче́жный (kovčéžnyj)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kǒʋtʃeɡ/
• 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