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Pannonian Rusyn
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Slovak povrch (“surface”), influenced by Old Ruthenian поверхъ (poverx), whence Belarusian паве́рх (pavjérx) and Ukrainian по́верх (póverx). By surface analysis, по- (po-) + верх (verx).
Noun
поверх (poverx) m inan (related adjective поверхови)
- storey, floor
- Synonym: шток (štok)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Possibly a semantic loan from Serbo-Croatian поврх/povrh.
Preposition
поверх (poverx)
- above, over, on top of
- Synonyms: над (nad), понад (ponad), прейґ (prejg)
Further reading
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “поверх”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “storey”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 54
Russian
Pronunciation
Preposition
пове́рх • (povérx)
- over
Ukrainian
Etymology
по- (po-) + верх (verx)
Pronunciation
Noun
по́верх • (póverx) m inan (genitive по́верху, nominative plural по́верхи, genitive plural по́верхів)
- floor, storey
Declension
Declension of по́верх (inan velar masc-form accent-a)
Derived terms
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