корабль

Old Church Slavonic

корабл҄ь in the Bulgarian Church Slavonic Tetraevangelia of Ivan Alexander, 1356. The word itself appears in the fourth line.

Noun

корабл҄ь • (korablʹĭ) m

1. ship
2. boat

Synonyms

• корабь (korabĭ)

References

• Mali staroslavensko-hrvatski rječnik, Matica hrvatska, Zagreb, 2004

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Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic корабль (korablĭ), from Proto-Slavic *korabľь, old borrowing from Ancient Greek καράβιον (karábion) or κάραβος (kárabos), whence English caravel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɐˈrablʲ]

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Noun

кора́бль • (koráblʹ) m inan (genitive корабля́, nominative plural корабли́, genitive plural корабле́й, related adjective корабе́льный, diminutive кора́блик)

1. ship, liner

   спи́сывать/списа́ть с корабля́ ― spísyvatʹ/spisátʹ s korabljá ― to transfer/post from a ship

2. (formally) warship
3. (architecture) nave
4. (figuratively) match box for marijuana, by consonance with коробок (korobok)

Usage notes

• In modern technical and formal usage, корабль refers to warships. Informally, can refer to various large ships. Historically, referred to square-rigged sailing ships, similarly to the historical sense of the English word "ship".

Declension

Declension of кора́бль (inan masc-form soft-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	кора́бль koráblʹ	корабли́ korablí
genitive	корабля́ korabljá	корабле́й korabléj
dative	кораблю́ korabljú	корабля́м korabljám
accusative	кора́бль koráblʹ	корабли́ korablí
instrumental	кораблём korabljóm	корабля́ми korabljámi
prepositional	корабле́ korablé	корабля́х korabljáx

Pre-reform declension of кора́бль (inan masc-form soft-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	кора́бль koráblʹ	корабли́ korablí
genitive	корабля́ korabljá	корабле́й korabléj
dative	кораблю́ korabljú	корабля́мъ korabljám
accusative	кора́бль koráblʹ	корабли́ korablí
instrumental	кораблёмъ korabljóm	корабля́ми korabljámi
prepositional	кораблѣ́ korablě́	корабля́хъ korabljáx

Synonyms

• (nave): неф (nɛf)

Hypernyms

• (ship): су́дно (súdno)

Related terms

• корабе́л (korabél), корабе́льщик (korabélʹščik)