пещера

See also: пештера

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *peťera, from *peťь (oven) + *-era, from *peťi (to bake) + *-tь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɛʃtɛˈra]

Noun

пещера́ • (pešterá) f

  1. cave, cavern

Declension

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *peťera, from *peťь (oven) + *-era, from *peťi (to bake).

Noun

пещера • (peštera) f

  1. cave, dungeon
  2. recess, opening
  3. hiding place, refuge

Declension

References

  • Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка, София

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic пещера (peštera, cave), from Proto-Slavic *peťera, from *peťь (oven) + *-era, from *peťi (to bake) + *-tь. Doublet of печо́ра (pečóra), the inherited East Slavic form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pʲɪˈɕːerə]
  • (file)

Noun

пеще́ра • (peščéra) f inan (genitive пеще́ры, nominative plural пеще́ры, genitive plural пеще́р, relational adjective пеще́рный)

  1. cave
    Synonym: печо́ра (pečóra)
    он два́дцать лет в пеще́ре провёлon dvádcatʹ let v peščére provjólhe spent twenty years in a cave

Declension

References

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