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Russian
Etymology
Possibly borrowed from Old Czech zpósob (whence Czech způsob), from Proto-Slavic *sъposobъ (itself from Proto-Slavic *sъ + Proto-Slavic *posobiti.) Cognate with Ukrainian спо́сіб (spósib), Belarusian спо́саб (spósab), Slovak spôsob, Polish sposób, Bulgarian спо́соб (spósob).
Pronunciation
Noun
спо́соб • (spósob) m inan (genitive спо́соба, nominative plural спо́собы, genitive plural спо́собов)
- method, means, manner, mode, way
- Synonym: ме́тод (métod)
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Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “способ”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress