ложе

Bulgarian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *logʰ-yo-m

Proto-Slavic *lože

Bulgarian ложе

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lože.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɫɔʒɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɔʒɛ
• Syllabification^(key): ло‧же

Noun

ло́же • (lóže) n

1. (archaic, poetic) bed, couch, bedstead, resting place (a place prepared for lying, sleeping, or resting)

   Болният лежеше неподвижно на своето ло́же.

   Bolnijat ležeše nepodvižno na svoeto lóže.

   The sick man lay motionless on his bed.

   Старецът не напускаше ло́жето си вече трети ден.

   Starecăt ne napuskaše lóžeto si veče treti den.

   The old man had not left his bed for three days.

   Тя седна до ло́жето на детето и го погали по челото.

   Tja sedna do lóžeto na deteto i go pogali po čeloto.

   She sat beside the child’s bed and stroked its forehead.

Declension

Declension of ло́же

	singular	plural
indefinite	ло́же lóže	ло́жета lóžeta
definite	ло́жето lóžeto	ло́жетата lóžetata

References

• “ложе”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “ложе”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lože.

Noun

ложе • (lože) n

1. bed

   Synonym: постелꙗ (postelja)

Declension

Declension of ложе (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ложе (lože)	ложи (loži)	ложа (loža)
genitive	ложа (loža)	ложоу (ložu)	ложь (ložĭ)
dative	ложоу (ložu)	ложема (ložema)	ложемъ (ložemŭ)
accusative	ложе (lože)	ложи (loži)	ложа (loža)
instrumental	ложемь (ložemĭ)	ложема (ložema)	ложи (loži)
locative	ложи (loži)	ложоу (ložu)	ложихъ (ložixŭ)
vocative	ложе (lože)	ложи (loži)	ложа (loža)

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɫoʐə]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic ложе (lože), from Proto-Slavic *lože. Cognate to лежа́ть (ležátʹ).

Noun

ло́же • (lóže) n inan (genitive ло́жа, nominative plural ло́жа, genitive plural лож)

1. (archaic, poetic) bed, couch

   Synonyms: посте́ль (postélʹ), крова́ть (krovátʹ)

   • 1879, Николай Лесков [Nikolai Leskov], “Глава шестая”, in Однодум; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Singlemind, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:

     За столо́м он сиде́л, а она́ подава́ла, но ло́же у них бы́ло о́бщее, и, вероя́тно, э́то бы́ло причи́ною, что у них появи́лся плод супру́жества.

     Za stolóm on sidél, a oná podavála, no lóže u nix býlo óbščeje, i, verojátno, éto býlo pričínoju, što u nix pojavílsja plod suprúžestva.

     At the table, he sat and she served, but they shared a common bed, and that was probably the reason why their marriage bore fruit.

2. riverbed; channel

   Synonym: ру́сло (rúslo)

3. gunstock

Declension

Declension of ло́же (inan neut-form sibilant-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ло́же lóže	ло́жа lóža
genitive	ло́жа lóža	ло́ж lóž
dative	ло́жу lóžu	ло́жам lóžam
accusative	ло́же lóže	ло́жа lóža
instrumental	ло́жем lóžem	ло́жами lóžami
prepositional	ло́же lóže	ло́жах lóžax

Etymology 2

Noun

ло́же • (lóže) f inan

1. dative/prepositional singular of ло́жа (lóža)

Ukrainian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *logʰ-yo-m

Proto-Slavic *lože

Ukrainian ложе

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lože.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɫɔʒe]

Noun

ло́же • (lóže) n inan (genitive ло́жа, nominative plural ло́жа, genitive plural лож)

1. (obsolete, poetic) bed
2. wooden handgun stock (handle or stem to which the working part of an implement or weapon is attached)

Declension

Declension of ло́же
(inan semisoft neut-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	ло́же lóže	ло́жа lóža
genitive	ло́жа lóža	лож lož
dative	ло́жу lóžu	ло́жам lóžam
accusative	ло́же lóže	ло́жа lóža
instrumental	ло́жем lóžem	ло́жами lóžamy
locative	ло́жу, ло́жі lóžu, lóži	ло́жах lóžax
vocative	ло́же lóže	ло́жа lóža

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ложе”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka