ковчег

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic ковьчегъ (kovĭčegŭ) from Middle Mongolian ᠬᠠᠤᠷᠴᠠᠭ (qaurčag) presumably through a Turkic language. Compare Mongolian хуурцаг (huurtsag).

Noun

ковче́г • (kovčég) m

  1. coffin (oblong closed box for the dead)

Inflection
Inflection of ковчег
singular plural
indefinite ковчег ковчези
definite
(subject form)		 ковчегът ковчезите
definite
(object form)		 ковчега
count form — ковчега
vocative form ковчеже ковчези

Macedonian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic ковьчегъ (kovĭčegŭ) from Middle Mongolian ᠬᠠᠤᠷᠴᠠᠭ (qaurčag) presumably through a Turkic language. Compare Mongolian хуурцаг (huurtsag).

Noun

ковчег • (kovčeg) m

  1. chest (container)
  2. coffin

Inflection
Declension of ковчег
singular plural
indefinite ковчег ковчези
definite unspecified ковчегот ковчезите
definite proximal ковчегов ковчезиве
definite distal ковчегон ковчезине
vocative ковчегу ковчези
count form — ковчега

Synonyms

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic ковьчегъ (kovĭčegŭ) from Middle Mongolian ᠬᠠᠤᠷᠴᠠᠭ (qaurčag) presumably through a Turkic language. Compare Mongolian хуурцаг (huurtsag).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kɐfˈt͡ɕek]

Noun

ковче́г • (kovčég) m inan (genitive ковче́га, nominative plural ковче́ги, genitive plural ковче́гов)

  1. ark
    Ноев ковче́г ― Nojev kovčég ― Noah's ark
    ковче́г заве́та ― kovčég zavéta ― Ark of the Covenant
  2. shrine

Declension
Declension of ковче́г (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative ковче́г
kovčég		 ковче́ги
kovčégi
genitive ковче́га
kovčéga		 ковче́гов
kovčégov
dative ковче́гу
kovčégu		 ковче́гам
kovčégam
accusative ковче́г
kovčég		 ковче́ги
kovčégi
instrumental ковче́гом
kovčégom		 ковче́гами
kovčégami
prepositional ковче́ге
kovčége		 ковче́гах
kovčégax
  • ковче́жец m (kovčéžec)
  • ковче́жный (kovčéžnyj)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic ковьчегъ (kovĭčegŭ) from Middle Mongolian ᠬᠠᠤᠷᠴᠠᠭ (qaurčag) presumably through a Turkic language. Compare Mongolian хуурцаг (huurtsag).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kǒʋtʃeɡ/
  • Hyphenation: ков‧чег

Noun

ко̀вчег m (Latin spelling kòvčeg)

  1. case
  2. suitcase

Declension
Declension of ковчег
singular plural
nominative ко̀вчег ко̀вчези
genitive ковчега ко̏вче̄га̄
dative ковчегу ковчезима
accusative ковчег ковчеге
vocative ковчеже / ковчегу ковчези
locative ковчегу ковчезима
instrumental ковчегом ковчезима
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