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Macedonian
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: тор‧моз
Noun
то́рмоз • (tórmoz) m (plural то́рмози)
- bullying, torture, oppression, abuse, torment
Declension
References
- “тормоз” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu
Russian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τόρμος (tórmos, “socket into which a pin or peg is inserted”), from Proto-Indo-European *tórmos (“hole”), from Proto-Indo-European *ter- (“to rub, bore, twist”) (whence also Russian тере́ть (terétʹ)
See Russian etymological dictionary—Terence R. Wade, Terence Leslie Brian Wade.
Oleg Trubachev thinks Greek origin is unlikely. Nikolai Dmitriev suggests adoption from Turkic turmaz ("not stoppable" or "pad for the wheel of waggon"). See «Лексикографический сборник», 3, 1958, p. 45
Pronunciation
Noun
то́рмоз • (tórmoz) m inan (genitive то́рмоза, nominative plural тормоза́, genitive plural тормозо́в, relational adjective тормозно́й)
- brake, brakes
- (figuratively) drag
- (figuratively) slow-witted person, retard
- Synonym: тугоду́м (tugodúm)
- (figuratively) slowpoke
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тормоз”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “тормоз”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 251