koberec

Czech

Etymology

Possibly of Turkic origin. Cognates include Polish kobierzec, Russian ковёр (kovjór), and archaic Bulgarian губер (guber).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkobɛrɛt͡s]

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Noun

1. rug, carpet

Derived terms

• kobereček
• kobercový

References

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

Further reading

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Slovak

Etymology

Possibly from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse kǫgurr (“quilt”), according to Jooseppi Julius Mikkola, quoted also by Vasmer; cognates derived from kǫgurr include Russian ковёр (kovjór), and archaic Bulgarian губер (guber). A Turkic origin has also been theorised.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔbɛrɛt͡s/

Noun

koberec m (genitive singular koberca, nominative plural koberce, genitive plural kobercov, declension pattern of stroj)

1. rug, carpet

Declension

Declension of koberec

	singular	plural
nominative	koberec	koberce
genitive	koberca	kobercov
dative	kobercu	kobercom
accusative	koberec	koberce
locative	koberci	kobercoch
instrumental	kobercom	kobercami

Derived terms

• kobercový
• koberček

References

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

Further reading

• “koberec”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024