мачта

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мачта

Etymology

From older ма́шта (mášta), from Dutch mast or Low German mast. Compare Polish maszt/maszta. For the change -шт- (-št-)-чт- (-čt-) compare по́чта (póčta).

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Noun

ма́чта (máčtaf inan (genitive ма́чты, nominative plural ма́чты, genitive plural мачт)

  1. mast
  2. (radio, electric) tower

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мачта”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “мачта”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 517