ковчег

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Bulgarian

Etymology

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

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Noun

ковче́г • (kovčég) m

  1. coffin (oblong closed box for the dead)

Declension

Declension of ковче́г
singular plural
indefinite ковче́г
kovčég 		ковче́зи
kovčézi
definite
(subject form) 		ковче́гът
kovčégǎt 		ковче́зите
kovčézite
definite
(object form) 		ковче́га
kovčéga
count form — ковче́га
kovčéga

Macedonian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

ковчег • (kovčeg) m

  1. chest (container)
  2. coffin

Declension

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 Mongol ᠬᠠᠤᠷᠴᠠᠭ (qaurčag) presumably through a Turkic language. Compare Mongolian хуурцаг (xuurcag).

Pronunciation

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

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

Related terms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kǒʋt͡ʃeɡ/
  • 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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