окоп
Macedonian
Russian
Etymology
Attested since 1678.
Either a suffixless deverbative of окопа́ться (okopátʹsja, “to dig in”) or a loanword from Polish okop, from Proto-Slavic *kopati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kop-, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to strike, beat”).
Probable cognates include Ancient Greek κόπτω (kóptō, “to strike, to cut, to shake”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɐˈkop]
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Declension
Related terms
- ока́пываться (okápyvatʹsja, verb)
- окопник (okopnik, noun)
- окопный (okopnyj, adjective)
- окопчик (okopčik, noun)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “окоп”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress
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