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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch zwaartouw (literally “heavy cable”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
шварто́в • (švartóv) m inan (genitive шварто́ва, nominative plural шварто́вы, genitive plural шварто́вов)
- (nautical) mooring line; hawser, (shore) fast
- отда́ть шварто́вы! ― otdátʹ švartóvy! ― unmoor! (command)
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References
- ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “швартов”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Further reading
- Matzenauer, Antonín (1870) “швартовъ”, in Cizí slova ve slovanských řečech [Foreign words in Slavic languages] (in Czech), Brno: Matica Moravská, page 340