швартов

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch zwaartouw (literally heavy cable).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʂvɐrˈtof]

Noun

шварто́в • (švartóv) m inan (genitive шварто́ва, nominative plural шварто́вы, genitive plural шварто́вов)

  1. (nautical) mooring line; hawser, (shore) fast
    отда́ть шварто́вы!otdátʹ švartóvy!unmoor! (command)

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Derived terms

References

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

Further reading

  • Matzenauer, Antonín (1870) “швартовъ”, in Cizí slova ve slovanských řečech [Foreign words in Slavic languages] (in Czech), Brno: Matica Moravská, page 340
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