ступень

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Belarusian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *stǫpenь.

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Noun

ступе́нь (stupjénʹf inan (genitive ступе́ні, nominative plural ступе́ні, genitive plural ступе́ней or ступе́няў)

  1. step (in a staircase)

Declension

References

  • ступень” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stǫpenь.

Pronunciation

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Noun

ступе́нь (stupénʹf inan (genitive ступе́ни, nominative plural ступе́ни, genitive plural ступе́ней, relational adjective ступе́нчатый) (musical step, footstep)
ступе́нь (stupénʹf inan (genitive ступе́ни, nominative plural ступе́ни, genitive plural ступене́й) (degree, grade)

  1. (music) step (interval between two contiguous degrees of the scale)
  2. step (in a staircase), footstep, rung
  3. degree, grade, level, phase, stage

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Further reading

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