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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic сторожь (storožĭ), from Proto-Slavic *storžь (“guard”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *storʔg-. Doublet of страж (straž), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.
Pronunciation
Noun
сто́рож • (stórož) m anim (genitive сто́рожа, nominative plural сторожа́, genitive plural стороже́й, relational adjective сторожево́й)
- watch, watchman, guard, custodian
Declension
- стра́жа f (stráža), страж m (straž)
- сторожи́ха f (storožíxa), сторо́жка (storóžka), насторо́женность (nastoróžennostʹ), насторожённость (nastorožónnostʹ), осторо́жность (ostoróžnostʹ), сторожеви́к (storoževík)
- насторо́женный (nastoróžennyj), насторожённый (nastorožónnyj), осторо́жный (ostoróžnyj)
- настора́живать (nastoráživatʹ), настора́живаться (nastoráživatʹsja), насторожи́ть (nastorožítʹ), насторожи́ться (nastorožítʹsja), сторожи́ть (storožítʹ)
- настороже́ (nastorožé), насторо́женно (nastoróženno), насторожённо (nastorožónno), сторо́жко (storóžko), осторо́жно (ostoróžno)
Descendants
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сторож”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- сторож in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
Ukrainian
Etymology
From Old East Slavic сторожь (storožĭ), from Proto-Slavic *storžь (“guard”). Doublet of страж (straž).
Pronunciation
Noun
сто́рож • (stórož) m pers (genitive сто́рожа, nominative plural сто́рожі, genitive plural сто́рожів)
- watchman, guard
Declension
Declension of сто́рож (pers semisoft masc-form accent-a)
Derived terms
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