кафедра

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• ка́тэдра (kátedra) — Taraškievica orthography

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Noun

ка́федра • (káfjedra) f inan (genitive ка́федры, nominative plural ка́федры, genitive plural ка́федр or ка́федраў)

1. department/school/college in a university or institute; chair.
2. pulpit, rostrum, dais

Declension

References

• “кафедра” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• “кафедра”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)

Russian

Alternative forms

• ка́ѳедра (káfedra) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra).

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Noun

ка́федра • (káfedra) f inan (genitive ка́федры, nominative plural ка́федры, genitive plural ка́федр, relational adjective кафедра́льный)

1. department/school/college in a university or institute; chair.
2. pulpit, rostrum, dais

Declension

Descendants

• → Ingrian: kaafedra

Ukrainian

Alternative forms

• ка́тедра (kátedra)

Etymology

From Old Ukrainian каѳедра (kafedra), катедра (katedra), ultimately either from Latin cathedra or Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra).

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Noun

ка́федра • (káfedra) f inan (genitive ка́федри, nominative plural ка́федри, genitive plural ка́федр)

1. department/school/college in a university or institute; chair.
2. pulpit, rostrum, dais

Declension

See also

• факульте́т (fakulʹtét)

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “кафедра”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka