скатерть

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Russian

Etymology

Uncertain. Three hypotheses exist:

  1. From Proto-Slavic *dъskatьrtь. By surface analysis, доска́ (doská, board, plank) +‎ тере́ть (terétʹ, to rub). Compare with archaic ру́котерть (rúkotertʹ, towel) as рука́ (ruká, hand, arm) +‎ тере́ть (terétʹ, to rub), Latin manutergium (hand towel) as manus (hand) +‎ tergeō (to rub, wipe, clean) +‎ -ium.
  2. From Proto-Slavic *ska + Proto-Slavic *tьrtь, thus making it cognate with скать (skatʹ).
  3. From German Schetter (also written Schechter), a regional term for a rigid loincloth.

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Noun

ска́терть (skátertʹf inan (genitive ска́терти, nominative plural ска́терти, genitive plural скатерте́й, relational adjective ска́тертный, diminutive скатёрка or скатёрочка)

  1. tablecloth (a cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table)
    • 1952, “Сервировка стола”, in Книга о вкусной и здоровой пище, Москва: Пищепромиздат; English translation from The Book of Tasty and Healthy Food, (Please provide a date or year):
      Под ска́терть рекоменду́ется подложи́ть флане́ль или каку́ю-нибудь другу́ю тяжё́лую мя́гкую ткань: ска́терть ля́жет ровне́е, стук таре́лок и прибо́ров смягчи́тся.
      Pod skátertʹ rekomendújetsja podložítʹ flanélʹ ili kakúju-nibudʹ drugúju tjažóluju mjáxkuju tkanʹ: skátertʹ ljážet rovnéje, stuk tarélok i pribórov smjaxčítsja.
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Descendants

  • Yakut: ыскаатар (ıskaatar)

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