скатерть
Russian
Etymology
Three hypotheses exist:
- 1. From Proto-Slavic *дъскатьрть, asynchronically analyzable as доска́ (doská, “board, plank”) + тере́ть (terétʹ, “to rub”)
- 2. From Proto-Slavic *ska + Proto-Slavic *tьrtь, thus making it cognate with скать (skatʹ)
- 3. From German Schetter (also written Schechter), a regional term for a rigid loincloth
Pronunciation
Noun
ска́терть • (skátertʹ) f inan (genitive ска́терти, nominative plural ска́терти, genitive plural скатерте́й)
- tablecloth (a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table)
Declension
Declension of ска́терть (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-e)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | ска́терть skátertʹ |
ска́терти skáterti |
genitive | ска́терти skáterti |
скатерте́й skatertéj |
dative | ска́терти skáterti |
скатертя́м skatertjám |
accusative | ска́терть skátertʹ |
ска́терти skáterti |
instrumental | ска́тертью skátertʹju |
скатертя́ми skatertjámi |
prepositional | ска́терти skáterti |
скатертя́х skatertjáx |
Related terms
- скатёрка (skatjórka), скатёрочка (skatjóročka)
- скатертный (skatertnyj)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “скатерть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache in Beziehung auf Abstammung und Begriffsbildung, Konrad Schwenck, p. 563
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