поприще

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic попьрище (popĭrište). Equivalent to попр- (popr-) +‎ -ище (-išče).

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Noun

по́прище (pópriščen inan (genitive по́прища, nominative plural по́прища, genitive plural по́прищ)

  1. field, arena (figurative sense)

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Descendants

  • Ukrainian: по́прище (pópryšče)

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