товарищ

See also: товариш

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic товарищь (tovariščĭ), from Proto-Slavic *tovarišь, from *tovarъ +‎ *-iščь. Early borrowing from Turkic tavar (“property, goods”) and -iš (“friend”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [tɐˈvarʲɪɕː]
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Noun

това́рищ • (továrišč) m anim (genitive това́рища, nominative plural това́рищи, genitive plural това́рищей, feminine това́рка)

  1. comrade, friend (male or female)
  2. mate, companion, pal (male or female)
  3. colleague, assistant (male or female)
  4. classmate, fellow student (male or female)
  5. A word used to address compatriots, fellow citizens (male or female) in the Soviet era.

Declension
Declension of това́рищ (anim masc-form sibilant-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative това́рищ
továrišč		 това́рищи
továrišči
genitive това́рища
továrišča		 това́рищей
továriščej
dative това́рищу
továrišču		 това́рищам
továriščam
accusative това́рища
továrišča		 това́рищей
továriščej
instrumental това́рищем
továriščem		 това́рищами
továriščami
prepositional това́рище
továrišče		 това́рищах
továriščax

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  1. Rusistika: The Russian Journal of the Association for Language Learning, vol. 11-14. The Association, 1995. page 17.
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