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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic попьрище (popĭrište). Equivalent to попр- (popr-) + -ище (-išče).
Pronunciation
Noun
по́прище • (póprišče) n inan (genitive по́прища, nominative plural по́прища, genitive plural по́прищ)
- field, arena (figurative sense)
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References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “поприще”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “поприще”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 318
- Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “попрать”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 318