коврига

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Russian

Etymology

The origin of this word is disputed. May be related to Finnish kaura, Serbo-Croatian кврга, Turkish gevrek or Norwegian kavring. Known from written sources from the 12th century. Has cognates as e.g. Bulgarian ковриг (kovrig) and Romanian covrig.

Pronunciation

Noun

коври́га • (kovríga) f inan (genitive коври́ги, nominative plural коври́ги, genitive plural коври́г, relational adjective коври́жный, diminutive коври́жка or коври́жечка, augmentative коври́жища)

  1. a loaf, a korovai bread

Declension

Declension of коври́га (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative коври́га
kovríga 		коври́ги
kovrígi
genitive коври́ги
kovrígi 		коври́г
kovríg
dative коври́ге
kovríge 		коври́гам
kovrígam
accusative коври́гу
kovrígu 		коври́ги
kovrígi
instrumental коври́гой, коври́гою
kovrígoj, kovrígoju 		коври́гами
kovrígami
prepositional коври́ге
kovríge 		коври́гах
kovrígax

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Buryat: хүбэриг (xüberig)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “коврига”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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