вертеп

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic вьртьпъ (vĭrtĭpŭ, “cave, garden”). Compare Ukrainian верте́п (vertép), Old Church Slavonic врътъпъ (vrŭtŭpŭ, “cave, garden”), Bulgarian връто́п (vrǎtóp, “whirlpool”), Slovene vrtèp. Per Brandt, a borrowing from Church Slavonic. Per Vasmer, possibly related to Serbo-Croatian вр̏т (“garden”) as well as Lithuanian vérti (“to lock”) (1sg. veriù), Tocharian B warto (“garden, grove”) (also wärto), Old English weorð (“house fence”) (also worð).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [vʲɪrˈtʲep]

Noun

верте́п • (vertép) m inan (genitive верте́па, nominative plural верте́пы, genitive plural верте́пов)

  1. (dated) cave, hideout
  2. (somewhat dated, figuratively) den, lair (especially of criminals)
  3. (somewhat dated, figuratively) slum
  4. (dated, Ukraine) large box for puppets displaying nativity scenes or comic scenes
  5. (dated, figuratively) performance of such puppets

Declension
Declension of верте́п (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative верте́п
vertép		 верте́пы
vertépy
genitive верте́па
vertépa		 верте́пов
vertépov
dative верте́пу
vertépu		 верте́пам
vertépam
accusative верте́п
vertép		 верте́пы
vertépy
instrumental верте́пом
vertépom		 верте́пами
vertépami
prepositional верте́пе
vertépe		 верте́пах
vertépax

Derived terms
  • верте́пный (vertépnyj)
  • верте́пник (vertépnik)
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