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Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian са́жень (sáženʹ), from Proto-Slavic *sęženь (n-stem).
Pronunciation
Noun
са́жен • (sážen) m
- (historical) unit of length, equal to 7 feet
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References
- “сажен”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “сажен”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “са́женъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 108
- Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “съжен, стъжен, сажен”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 657
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sęženь. Compare Russian сажень (saženʹ).
Pronunciation
Noun
сажен • (sažen) m (plural сажни)
- sazhen, an archaic unit of length, approximately 2 meters
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Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
са́жен • (sážen) f inan pl
- genitive plural of са́жень (sáženʹ)