обоз

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *obozъ. By surface analysis, об- (ob-) +‎ воз (voz). Cognate to Polish obóz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɐˈbos]

Noun

обо́з • (obóz) m inan (genitive обо́за, nominative plural обо́зы, genitive plural обо́зов)

  1. string of carts, wagon train, string of sledges
    • 1836, Александр Пушкин, “Глава II. Вожатый”, in Капитанская дочка, London: Henry S. King & Co.; English translation from Ekaterina Telfer, transl., The Captain's Daughter, 1875:
      Я слыхал о тамошних метелях и знал, что целые обозы бывали ими занесены.
      Ja slyxal o tamošnix meteljax i znal, što celyje obozy byvali imi zaneseny.
      I had heard of the snow storms in those regions, and was aware that entire trains of waggons were sometimes overwhelmed by them.
  2. (military) transport, train
    быть/плести́сь в обо́зе
    bytʹ/plestísʹ v obóze
    bring up the rear; be left behind

Declension
Declension of обо́з (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative обо́з
obóz		 обо́зы
obózy
genitive обо́за
obóza		 обо́зов
obózov
dative обо́зу
obózu		 обо́зам
obózam
accusative обо́з
obóz		 обо́зы
obózy
instrumental обо́зом
obózom		 обо́зами
obózami
prepositional обо́зе
obóze		 обо́зах
obózax
  • обозный (oboznyj)
  • обозник (oboznik)

Descendants
  • → Ingrian: oboza
  • → Yakut: обуос (obuos, “wagon train, caravan”)
  • → Yiddish: אָבאָז (oboz)
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