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Czech
Etymology
Possibly of Turkic origin. Cognates include Polish kobierzec, Russian ковёр (kovjór), and archaic Bulgarian губер (guber).
Pronunciation
Noun
koberec m inan (related adjective kobercový, diminutive kobereček or koberčík)
- rug, carpet
Declension
Declension of koberec (soft masculine inanimate reducible)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ковер”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Further reading
- “koberec”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “koberec”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Slovak
Etymology
Possibly from Old Norse kǫgurr (“quilt”), according to Jooseppi Julius Mikkola,[1][2] quoted also by Vasmer; cognates derived from kǫgurr include Russian ковёр (kovjór), and archaic Bulgarian губер (guber). A Turkic origin has also been theorised.
Pronunciation
Noun
koberec m inan (related adjective kobercový, diminutive koberček)
- rug, carpet
Declension
Declension of
koberec (pattern
stroj)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ковер”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Further reading
- “koberec”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024