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Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lože
Noun
ложе • (lože) n
- bed
- Synonym: постелꙗ (postelja)
Declension
Russian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old East Slavic ложе (lože), from Proto-Slavic *lože. Cognate to лежа́ть (ležátʹ).
Noun
ло́же • (lóže) n inan (genitive ло́жа, nominative plural ло́жа, genitive plural лож)
- (archaic, poetic) bed, couch
- Synonyms: посте́ль (postélʹ), крова́ть (krovátʹ)
1879, Николай Лесков , “Глава шестая”, in Однодум; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Singlemind, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:За столо́м он сиде́л, а она́ подава́ла, но ло́же у них бы́ло о́бщее, и, вероя́тно, э́то бы́ло причи́ною, что у них появи́лся плод супру́жества.- Za stolóm on sidél, a oná podavála, no lóže u nix býlo óbščeje, i, verojátno, éto býlo pričínoju, što u nix pojavílsja plod suprúžestva.
- At the table, he sat and she served, but they shared a common bed, and that was probably the reason why their marriage bore fruit.
- riverbed; channel
- Synonym: ру́сло (rúslo)
- gunstock
Declension
Etymology 2
Noun
ло́же • (lóže) f inan
- dative/prepositional singular of ло́жа (lóža)
Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lože.
Pronunciation
Noun
ло́же • (lóže) n inan (genitive ло́жа, nominative plural ло́жа, genitive plural лож)
- (obsolete, poetic) bed
- wooden handgun stock (handle or stem to which the working part of an implement or weapon is attached)
Declension
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