способ

Russian

Alternative forms

спо́собъ (spósob) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Old Czech zpósob (whence Czech způsob), from Proto-Slavic *sъposobъ (itself from Proto-Slavic *sъ + Proto-Slavic *posobiti.) Cognate with Ukrainian спо́сіб (spósib), Belarusian спо́саб (spósab), Slovak spôsob, Polish sposób, Bulgarian спо́соб (spósob).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈsposəp]
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Noun

спо́соб • (spósob) m inan (genitive спо́соба, nominative plural спо́собы, genitive plural спо́собов)

method, means, manner, mode, way
Synonym: ме́тод (métod)

Declension

Declension of спо́соб (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	спо́соб spósob	спо́собы spósoby
genitive	спо́соба spósoba	спо́собов spósobov
dative	спо́собу spósobu	спо́собам spósobam
accusative	спо́соб spósob	спо́собы spósoby
instrumental	спо́собом spósobom	спо́собами spósobami
prepositional	спо́собе spósobe	спо́собах spósobax

Derived terms

спосо́бный (sposóbnyj)
- спосо́бность (sposóbnostʹ)

Related terms

посо́бие (posóbije)

Further reading

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

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