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Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian запа́с (zapás, “stock, reserve”).
Pronunciation
Noun
запа́с or за́пас • (zapás or zápas) m (relational adjective запа́сен or за́пасни)
- (logistics) provisions, supplies, stockpile
- (in the army) matériel, munitions
- (in manifacturing) inventory, stored equipment
- (in mining) deposits of natural resources (plural only)
- (military) reserve
- от запаса ― ot zapasa ― from the reserve
Declension
Standard:
Rare:
Derived terms
- при́пас (prípas, “allocated resources”)
- спас (spas, “rescue”) (obsolete)
References
- “запас”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “запас”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “за̀пас, запа̀с”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 601
Kazakh
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian запа́с (zapás).
Pronunciation
Noun
запас • (zapas)
- reserve, store, supply, stock, stockpile, inventory, log, margin
Synonyms
Russian
Etymology
Deverbal from запасти́ (zapastí).
Pronunciation
Noun
запа́с • (zapás) m inan (genitive запа́са, nominative plural запа́сы, genitive plural запа́сов)
- reserve, store, supply, stock, stockpile, inventory, log, margin
- Synonym: резе́рв (rezérv)
Declension
Descendants
Verb
запа́с • (zapás)
- masculine singular past indicative perfective of запасти́ (zapastí)
Ukrainian
Etymology
From Old East Slavic запасъ (zapasŭ).
Pronunciation
Noun
запа́с • (zapás) m inan (genitive запа́су, nominative plural запа́си, genitive plural запа́сів)
- supplies, stock, reserves, stockpile (goods available in case of need)
- Synonym: резе́рв m (rezérv)
- словнико́вий запа́с ― slovnykóvyj zapás ― vocabulary (amount of words known to someone)
- запа́с хо́ду ― zapás xódu ― range (of an electric vehicle)
- (geology) reserves (amount of a raw material existing in a deposit)
- (military) reserves (soldiers who can be called up to active duty)
- (Extra fabric left behind a seam, in case a garment needs to be enlarged)
Declension
Declension of запа́с (inan hard masc-form accent-a)
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