ложе

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lože

Noun

ложе (ložen

  1. bed
    Synonym: постелꙗ (postelja)

Declension

Russian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic ложе (lože), from Proto-Slavic *lože. Cognate to лежать.

Noun

ло́же (lóžen inan (genitive ло́жа, nominative plural ло́жа, genitive plural лож)

  1. (archaic, poetic) bed, couch
    Synonyms: посте́ль (postélʹ), крова́ть (krovátʹ)
    • 1879, Николай Лесков [Nikolai Leskov], “Глава шестая”, in Однодум; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Singlemind, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:
      За столо́м он сиде́л, а она́ подава́ла, но ло́же у них бы́ло о́бщее, и, вероя́тно, э́то бы́ло причи́ною, что у них появи́лся плод супру́жества.
      Za stolóm on sidél, a oná podavála, no lóže u nix býlo óbščeje, i, verojátno, éto býlo pričínoju, što u nix pojavílsja plod suprúžestva.
      At the table, he sat and she served, but they shared a common bed, and that was probably the reason why their marriage bore fruit.
  2. riverbed; channel
    Synonym: ру́сло (rúslo)
  3. gunstock
Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

ло́же (lóžef inan

  1. dative/prepositional singular of ло́жа (lóža)

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lože.

Pronunciation

Noun

ло́же (lóžen inan (genitive ло́жа, nominative plural ло́жа, genitive plural лож)

  1. (obsolete, poetic) bed
  2. wooden handgun stock (handle or stem to which the working part of an implement or weapon is attached)

Declension

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