квартира

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Macedonian

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  • Hyphenation: квар‧ти‧ра

Noun

кварти́ра (kvartíraf (plural кварти́ри)

  1. (archaic) apartment, flat
    Synonym: стан (stan)

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Further reading

  • квартира” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu

Russian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin quārtārius, via German Quartier or Dutch kwartier or, perhaps, Old Polish kwartera (modern kwatera).

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Noun

кварти́ра (kvartíraf inan (genitive кварти́ры, nominative plural кварти́ры, genitive plural кварти́р, relational adjective кварти́рный, diminutive кварти́рка)

  1. apartment, flat
    отде́лывать/отде́лать кварти́руotdélyvatʹ/otdélatʹ kvartíruto decorate a flat
    обставля́ть/обста́вить кварти́руobstavljátʹ/obstávitʹ kvartíruto furnish a flat
    переселя́ть/пересели́ть на но́вую кварти́руpereseljátʹ/pereselítʹ na nóvuju kvartíruto move to a new place (of residence)
    • 1862, Иван Тургенев, “Глава 1”, in Отцы и дети; English translation from Richard Hare, transl., Fathers and Sons, 1947:
      Молоды́е лю́ди ста́ли жить вдвоё́м, на одно́й кварти́ре, под отдалё́нным надзо́ром двою́родного дя́ди с матери́нской стороны́, Ильи́ Коля́зина, ва́жного чино́вника.
      Molodýje ljúdi stáli žitʹ vdvojóm, na odnój kvartíre, pod otdaljónnym nadzórom dvojúrodnovo djádi s materínskoj storoný, Ilʹí Koljázina, vážnovo činóvnika.
      The young men started to share a flat together, and were kept under the remote supervision of a cousin on their mother's side, Ilya Kolyazin, an important official.
  2. (military) quarters (accommodation, particularly for troops)

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Further reading

  • квартира in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru

Ukrainian

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Noun

кварти́ра (kvartýraf inan (genitive кварти́ри, nominative plural кварти́ри, genitive plural кварти́р)

  1. apartment, flat

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