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Macedonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: пок‧ров
Noun
покров • (pokrov) m (plural покрови)
- cover, covering
- shroud, winding sheet
Declension
References
- “покров” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu
Russian
Etymology
Ultimately deverbal of покры́ть (pokrýtʹ); compare кров (krov).
Pronunciation
Noun
покро́в • (pokróv) m inan (genitive покро́ва, nominative plural покро́вы, genitive plural покро́вов)
- cover, covering
- под покро́вом но́чи ― pod pokróvom nóči ― at night (literally, “under cover of night”)
- под покро́вом та́йны ― pod pokróvom tájny ― secretly (literally, “under cover of secrecy”)
- волосяно́й покро́в ― volosjanój pokróv ― hair covering, pelage
- hearse cloth
Declension
Derived terms
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “покров”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress