почва

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• по́чва: IPA^(key): [ˈpɔt͡ʃvə] (present indicative or aorist)
• почва́: IPA^(key): [pot͡ʃˈva] (aorist only)

Verb

по́чва • (póčva)

1. third-person singular present indicative of по́чвам (póčvam)

Verb

по́чва or почва́ • (póčva or počvá)

1. second-person singular aorist indicative of по́чвам (póčvam)
2. third-person singular aorist indicative of по́чвам (póčvam)

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Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔt͡ʃva]

Noun

почва • (počva) f (related adjective почвен)

1. soil, ground

Declension

Declension of почва

	singular	plural
indefinite	почва	почви
definite unspecified	почвата	почвите
definite proximal	почвава	почвиве
definite distal	почвана	почвине
vocative	почво	почви

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic подъшьва (podŭšĭva, “sole (bottom); foundation”), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *šiti (“to sew”). Doublet of подо́шва (podóšva, “sole, (mountain) foot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpot͡ɕvə]

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Noun

по́чва • (póčva) f inan (genitive по́чвы, nominative plural по́чвы, genitive plural почв, related adjective по́чвенный)

1. earth, soil, ground (mixture of sand and organic material)
2. basis, base, ground

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	по́чва póčva	по́чвы póčvy
genitive	по́чвы póčvy	по́чв póčv
dative	по́чве póčve	по́чвам póčvam
accusative	по́чву póčvu	по́чвы póčvy
instrumental	по́чвой, по́чвою póčvoj, póčvoju	по́чвами póčvami
prepositional	по́чве póčve	по́чвах póčvax

Synonyms

• земля́ (zemljá), грунт (grunt)
• фунда́мент (fundáment), основа́ние (osnovánije)

Related terms

• почвенник (počvennik)
• почвеннический (počvenničeskij), почвоведение (počvovedenije), почвовед (počvoved)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “почва”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, Pavel (1999), “почва”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russian Language, page 62
• Sreznevsky, Izmail (1902), “подъшьва”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language According to Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 2: Л – П, Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 302