чертог

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic чрътогъ (črŭtogŭ), compare Ukrainian черто́г (čertóh), Old Serbian чртог, чртаг. Per Vasmer, probably borrowed from Persian چارتاق (čârtâq, four-arch). See черда́к (čerdák, attic), another borrowing of the same term, for more information.

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Noun

черто́г (čertógm inan (genitive черто́га, nominative plural черто́ги, genitive plural черто́гов)

  1. (dated) hall (large, rich room)
  2. (poetic) magnificent building, palace
    • 1790, Александр Радищев, “Спасская Полесть”, in Путешествие из Петербурга в Москву; English translation from Leo Wiener, transl., A Journey From St. Petersburg to Moscow, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1958:
      Властитель мира, если, читая сон мой, ты улыбнёшься с насмешкою или нахмуришь чело, ведай, что виденная мною странница отлетела от тебя далеко и чертогов твоих гнушается.
      Vlastitelʹ mira, jesli, čitaja son moj, ty ulybnjóšʹsja s nasmeškoju ili naxmurišʹ čelo, vedaj, što vidennaja mnoju strannica otletela ot tebja daleko i čertogov tvoix gnušajetsja.
      Ruler of the world, if, when you read my dream, you smile scornfully or knit your brow, know that the pilgrim whom I saw has flown far away from you and disdains your palace.

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “чертог”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress