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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьrxъ (whence also Old Church Slavonic врьхъ (vrĭxŭ)), from Proto-Indo-European *wers-.
Balto-Slavic cognates include Lithuanian viršus and Latvian virsus. Other Indo-European cognates include Latin verruca (“a steep place, height”), Ancient Greek ἕρμα (hérma, “reef, rock, hill”).
Pronunciation
Noun
верх • (verx) m inan (genitive ве́рха, nominative plural верхи́, genitive plural верхо́в)
- top, upper part, roof, dome, height
1925, Михаил Булгаков [Mikhail Bulgakov], “Глава 8. История в совхозе”, in Роковые яйца; English translation from K. M. Cook-Horujy, transl., The Fateful Eggs, Moscow: Raduga Publishers, 1990:Зате́м верх бревна́ надломи́лся, немно́го склони́лся и над Алекса́ндром Семё́новичем оказа́лось что́-то напомина́ющее по высоте́ электри́ческий моско́вский столб.- Zatém verx brevná nadlomílsja, nemnógo sklonílsja i nad Aleksándrom Semjónovičem okazálosʹ štó-to napominájuščeje po vysoté elektríčeskij moskóvskij stolb.
- Then the top of the log cracked, bent down slightly, and something about the height of a Moscow electric lamp-post loomed over Alexander Semyonovich.
- (figuratively) summit, apex
- совеща́ние в верха́х ― soveščánije v verxáx ― summit meeting
- the highest degree of something
- Э́то верх глу́пости! ― Éto verx glúposti! ― This is the height of stupidity!
- upper class
- Antonym: низ (niz)
- (arm-wrestling) top-roll
- Coordinate terms: крюк (krjuk), бок (bok), три́цепс (tríceps)
Declension
Noun
верх • (verx) m inan (genitive ве́рха, nominative plural верха́, genitive plural верхо́в)
- right side (of clothing, fabric), shoe upper, boot top
- hood, top, soft top, rag top of a carriage or convertible automobile
- cap, cover, outside, shell (clothing, as opposed to a lining)
Declension
Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьrxъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
верх • (verx) m inan (genitive ве́рху, nominative plural верхи́, genitive plural верхі́в)
- top, upper part
- Antonym: низ (nyz)
- surface
- (figurative) upper hand
- (colloquial, plural only) elite, leaders
- high notes, upper register
- Antonym: низи́ (nyzý)
Declension
Declension of верх (inan velar masc-form accent-c)
Noun
верх • (verx) m inan (genitive верха́, nominative plural верхи́, genitive plural верхі́в)
- dome, cupola
- roof
- chimney
- outer side (of a garment)
Declension
Declension of верх (inan velar masc-form accent-b)
Derived terms
Preposition
верх • (verx) (relational, g(genitive)or g(locative))
- (dialectal) on, on top of
- Synonyms: по́верх (póverx), зве́рху (zvérxu)