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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *trupъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
труп • (trup) m
- body, torso
- corpse
- trunk (base of a tree)
Usage notes
'труп' is able to mean either "trunk" or "body", which are indistinguishable in the singular. However, in the plural, the "trunk" sense takes on the alternative form тру́пи, whilst the other senses use тру́пове.
Declension
References
- “труп”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “труп”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trupъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
труп • (trup) m (diminutive трупче)
- trunk (of a tree)
- torso
- corpse
- (colloquial) an ignorant or unskilled person
Declension
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trupъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
труп • (trup) m inan (genitive тру́па, nominative plural тру́пы, genitive plural тру́пов)
- corpse, dead body
Declension
Related terms
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trupъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
тру̑п m (Latin spelling trȗp)
- torso, trunk, body
Declension
Further reading
- “труп” in Hrvatski jezični portal
- “труп” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trupъ (“(tree) stump”), with this meaning still present in Czech and Polish trup, from Proto-Indo-European *truH-p. Perhaps related to Lithuanian traupus (“fragile,brittle”), Greek τρυπώ (trupṓ, “bore”). Compare Russian труп (trup), Belarusian труп (trup), Bulgarian труп (trup), all with the same meaning.
Noun
труп • (trup) m inan (genitive тру́па, nominative plural тру́пи, genitive plural тру́пів)
- corpse
Declension
Declension of труп (inan hard masc-form accent-a)
See also
Etymology 2
Noun
труп • (trup) f inan pl
- genitive plural of тру́па (trúpa)
References
- ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “труп”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
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