стих

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Macedonian

Pronunciation

Noun

стих (stihm (relational adjective стиховен)

  1. line (of a poem)
  2. verse (as opposed to prose)

Declension

Further reading

  • стих” in Официјален дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Oficijalen digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − makedonski.gov.mk (in Macedonian)
  • стих” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu
  • стих in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)

Russian

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Etymology 1

From the Old East Slavic стихъ (stixŭ), from the Old Church Slavonic стихъ (stixŭ), from the Ancient Greek στίχος (stíkhos, row, line, verse).

Alternative forms

Noun

стих (stixm inan (genitive стиха́, nominative plural стихи́, genitive plural стихо́в, relational adjective стихово́й, diminutive стишо́к)

  1. line of poetry
    Synonym: строка́ (поэти́ческого произведе́ния) (stroká (poetíčeskovo proizvedénija))
    • 1826, Alexander Pushkin, “К Баратынскому”, in To Baratynsky:
      Стих каждый повести твоей звучит и блещет, как червонец.
      Stix každyj povesti tvojej zvučit i bleščet, kak červonec.
      Every line of your story rings and glitters like a chervonets (gold coin or banknote).
  2. (biblical) verse
    Глава первая, стих тринадцатый
    Glava pervaja, stix trinadcatyj
    Chapter one, verse thirteen
  3. (in the plural) poem, poems
    Synonyms: стихотворе́ние (stixotvorénije), поэ́ма (poéma)
    • 1860, Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev, “Первая любовь”, in First Love:
      Человек довольно холодный, как почти все сочинители, он напряжённо уверял её, а может быть, и себя, что он её обожает, воспевал её в нескончаемых стихах и читал их ей с каким-то и неестественным и искренним восторгом.
      Čelovek dovolʹno xolodnyj, kak počti vse sočiniteli, on naprjažónno uverjal jejó, a možet bytʹ, i sebja, što on jejó obožajet, vospeval jejó v neskončajemyx stixax i čital ix jej s kakim-to i nejestestvennym i iskrennim vostorgom.
      A rather cold man, like almost all authors, he strenuously assured her, and perhaps himself, that he adored her, celebrated her in endless poems and read them to her with a kind of enthusiasm both unnatural and sincere.
  4. work of ancient folk poetry on a religious theme (usually with the adjective Духо́вный (Duxóvnyj, Spiritual)).
    Духовный стих об Адаме и Еве
    Duxovnyj stix ob Adame i Jeve
    A spiritual verse about Adam and Eve
Declension
Descendants
  • Ingrian: stiha

Further reading

  • стих in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Noun

стих (stixm inan (indeclinable)

  1. mood
    Synonym: настрое́ние (nastrojénije)

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

Verb

стих (stix)

  1. short masculine singular past indicative perfective of сти́хнуть (stíxnutʹ)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek στῐ́χος (stíkhos, verse, line of poetry).

Pronunciation

Noun

сти̏х m (Latin spelling stȉh)

  1. verse

Declension

References

  • стих”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024