дёготь

Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *degъtь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *degut(j)as, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-. Cognate with Slovak decht.

Likely a Baltic borrowing (cf. Lithuanian degùtas : dègti; Latvian deguts (“birch tar”) : degt). Absent in the South Slavic languages. Compare жечь (žečʹ).

Non-Slavic cognates include Ancient Greek θεπτανός (theptanós), Latin foveō (“warm”), Sanskrit दहति (dahati, “burn”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈdʲɵɡətʲ]

Noun

дёготь • (djógotʹ) m inan (genitive дёгтя, nominative plural дёгти, genitive plural дёгтей)

  1. tar, pitch

Usage notes

In the oblique cases, the г used to be pronounced like х: дёгтя = djóxtja. This pronunciation is now considered dated.

Declension
Declension of дёготь (inan masc-form soft-stem accent-a reduc) 
singular plural
nominative дёготь
djógotʹ		 дёгти
djógti
genitive дёгтя
djógtja		 дёгтей
djógtej
dative дёгтю
djógtju		 дёгтям
djógtjam
accusative дёготь
djógotʹ		 дёгти
djógti
instrumental дёгтем
djógtem		 дёгтями
djógtjami
prepositional дёгте
djógte		 дёгтях
djógtjax
  • дёгтебетон (djógtebeton)
  • дегтевой (degtevoj)
  • дегтярный (degtjarnyj)
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