экватор
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Russian
Alternative forms
- эква́торъ (ekvátor) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
Borrowed from German Äquator, from Medieval Latin aequātor. Compare Ukrainian еква́тор (ekvátor), Belarusian эква́тар (ekvátar).
Pronunciation
Noun
эква́тор • (ekvátor) m inan (genitive эква́тора, nominative plural эква́торы, genitive plural эква́торов)
- equator (circle around the earth)
- (university slang) in 5-year college education program, the time after the 3-rd year winter term exams which is considered to be the middle of the entire college education period
Declension
Declension of эква́тор (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | эква́тор ekvátor |
эква́торы ekvátory |
| genitive | эква́тора ekvátora |
эква́торов ekvátorov |
| dative | эква́тору ekvátoru |
эква́торам ekvátoram |
| accusative | эква́тор ekvátor |
эква́торы ekvátory |
| instrumental | эква́тором ekvátorom |
эква́торами ekvátorami |
| prepositional | эква́торе ekvátore |
эква́торах ekvátorax |
Related terms
- экваториа́льный (ekvatoriálʹnyj)
Descendants
- → Uyghur: ئېكۋاتور (ëkwator)
References
- ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “экватор”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress