печора

See also: Печора

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic печера (pečera, “cave”), from Proto-Slavic *peťera, from *peťь (“oven”) + *-era, from *peťi (“to bake”) + *-tь. Doublet of пеще́ра (peščéra), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʲɪˈt͡ɕɵrə]

Noun

печо́ра • (pečóra) f inan (genitive печо́ры, nominative plural печо́ры, genitive plural печо́р)

1. (dated or regional) cave

Declension

Declension of печо́ра (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	печо́ра pečóra	печо́ры pečóry
genitive	печо́ры pečóry	печо́р pečór
dative	печо́ре pečóre	печо́рам pečóram
accusative	печо́ру pečóru	печо́ры pečóry
instrumental	печо́рой, печо́рою pečóroj, pečóroju	печо́рами pečórami
prepositional	печо́ре pečóre	печо́рах pečórax

Synonyms

• пеще́ра (peščéra)

Derived terms

• Печо́ра (Pečóra)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “печора”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “пещера”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN

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Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893–1912) “печера”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences