порча

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Russian

Etymology

Deverbal of по́ртить (pórtitʹ, to spoil, damage)

Pronunciation

Noun

по́рча (pórčaf inan (genitive по́рчи, nominative plural по́рчи, genitive plural порч)

  1. spoiling
  2. damage
    по́рча гру́заpórča grúzacargo damage
    по́рча това́раpórča továraspoilage, damage of goods
  3. corruption
    по́рча да́нныхpórča dánnyxdata corruption
  4. evil curse, hex
    наводи́ть по́рчуnavodítʹ pórčuto put an evil curse (on); to hex

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References

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