товариш

Inherited from Old Slovak tovariš, from Proto-Slavic *tovariščь. Sense 4 is a semantic loan from Russian това́рищ (továrišč).

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• Rhymes: -ariʃ
• Hyphenation: то‧ва‧риш

товариш (tovariš) m pers (female equivalent товаришка, related adjective товаришски)

1. friend

   Synonyms: (poetic) друг (druh), пайташ (pajtaš), приятель (prijatelʹ)

   дописни товариш ― dopisni tovariš ― pen friend

2. mate, pal, fellow

   Synonym: пайташ (pajtaš)

3. companion
5. (communism) comrade

   Synonym: (obsolete) камарат (kamarat)

6. (obsolete) spouse

   Synonyms: супруг (supruh), супружнїк (supružnjik)

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “товариш”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “comrade”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 61
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “friend”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 121

Borrowed from Russian това́рищ (továrišč, “comrade”), from Proto-Slavic *tovariščь.

• IPA^(key): /toʋâːriʃ/
• Hyphenation: то‧ва‧риш

това̑риш m (Latin spelling tovȃriš)

1. comrade

• “товариш”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tovariščь. Cognate with Russian това́рищ (továrišč), Belarusian тава́рыш (taváryš).

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това́риш • (továryš) m pers (genitive това́риша, nominative plural това́риші, genitive plural това́ришів, feminine това́ришка, relational adjective товари́ський)

1. comrade

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “товариш”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka