степ

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic степь (stepĭ), of Proto-Slavic [Term?] origin, but beyond - uncertain.

Noun

степ • (step) f

1. steppe (the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia)

Derived terms

• степен (stepen) (adj.)

References

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

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Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [stɛp] (phonetic respelling: стэп)

Noun

степ • (stɛp) m inan (genitive сте́па, nominative plural сте́пы, genitive plural сте́пов)

1. tap dance

Declension

Declension of степ (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	сте́п stɛ́p	сте́пы stɛ́py
genitive	сте́па stɛ́pa	сте́пов stɛ́pov
dative	сте́пу stɛ́pu	сте́пам stɛ́pam
accusative	сте́п stɛ́p	сте́пы stɛ́py
instrumental	сте́пом stɛ́pom	сте́пами stɛ́pami
prepositional	сте́пе stɛ́pe	сте́пах stɛ́pax

Synonyms

• чечётка (čečótka)

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Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [stɛp]

• Audio:

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Noun

степ • (step) m inan (genitive сте́пу, nominative plural степи́)

1. steppe

Noun

степ • (step) m inan (genitive сте́пу, uncountable)

1. (uncountable) tap dance

References

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