товариш

See also: товарищ

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak tovariš, from Proto-Slavic *tovariščь. Sense 4 is a semantic loan from Russian това́рищ (továrišč).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɔˈvariʃ]
• Rhymes: -ariʃ
• Hyphenation: то‧ва‧риш

Noun

товариш (tovariš) m pers (feminine equivalent товаришка, related adjective товаришски)

1. friend

   Synonyms: (poetic) друг (druh), пайташ (pajtaš), приятель (prijatelʹ), цимбора (cimbora)

   дописни товариш ― dopisni tovariš ― pen friend

2. mate, pal, fellow

   Synonym: пайташ (pajtaš)

3. companion
5. (communism) comrade

   Synonym: (obsolete) камарат (kamarat)

6. (obsolete) spouse

   Synonyms: супруг (supruh), супружнїк (supružnjik)

Declension

Declension of товариш

	singular	plural
nominative	товариш (tovariš)	товарише (tovariše)
genitive	товариша (tovariša)	товаришох (tovarišox)
dative	товаришови (tovarišovi)	товаришом (tovarišom)
accusative	товариша (tovariša)	товаришох (tovarišox)
instrumental	товаришом (tovarišom)	товаришами (tovarišami)
locative	товаришови (tovarišovi)	товаришох (tovarišox)
vocative	товариш (tovariš)	товарише (tovariše)

Derived terms

nouns

• товаришенє n (tovarišenje)
• товаришство n (tovarišstvo)

verbs

• товаришиц impf (tovarišic)
• товаришовац impf (tovarišovac)

References

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “товариш”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “comrade”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 61
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “friend”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 121

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian това́рищ (továrišč, “comrade”), from Proto-Slavic *tovariščь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toʋâːriʃ/
• Hyphenation: то‧ва‧риш

Noun

това̑риш m (Latin spelling tovȃriš)

1. comrade

Declension

Declension of товариш

	singular	plural
nominative	това̑риш	товариши
genitive	това̑риша	това̑риша̄
dative	товаришу	товаришима
accusative	товариша	товарише
vocative	товаришу	товариши
locative	товаришу	товаришима
instrumental	товаришем	товаришима

Further reading

• “товариш”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tovariščь. Cognate with Russian това́рищ (továrišč), Belarusian тава́рыш (taváryš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɔˈʋareʃ]

• Audio:

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Noun

това́риш • (továryš) m pers (genitive това́риша, nominative plural това́риші, genitive plural това́ришів, feminine това́ришка, relational adjective товари́ський)

1. comrade

Declension

Declension of това́риш
(pers semisoft masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	това́риш továryš	това́риші továryši
genitive	това́риша továryša	това́ришів továryšiv
dative	това́ришеві, това́ришу továryševi, továryšu	това́ришам továryšam
accusative	това́риша továryša	това́ришів továryšiv
instrumental	това́ришем továryšem	това́ришами továryšamy
locative	това́ришеві, това́ришу, това́риші továryševi, továryšu, továryši	това́ришах továryšax
vocative	това́ришу továryšu	това́риші továryši

Derived terms

• товари́ство n (tovarýstvo)
• товаришува́ти impf (tovaryšuváty)

References

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