ступа
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Russian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stǫpa.
Noun
сту́па • (stúpa) f inan (genitive сту́пы, nominative plural сту́пы, genitive plural ступ, diminutive сту́пка)
Declension
Declension of сту́па (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a)
See also
- пе́стик (péstik)
Etymology 2
Noun
сту́па • (stúpa) f inan (genitive сту́пы, nominative plural сту́пы, genitive plural ступ)
- stupa (a dome-shaped Buddhist monument, used to house relics of the Lord Buddha)
Declension
Declension of сту́па (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stǫpa.
Pronunciation
Noun
сту̏па f (Latin spelling stȕpa)
- mortar (hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle)
- an application with a hollow vessel to poss cloth, such as a fulling mill
- pounding-mill, stamp-mill for grain, the contrivance where corn had to be pounded in hollow blocks before the meal mill has been invented