положение

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic положение (položenie), borrowed from Old East Slavic положение (položenie).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [poɫoˈʒeniɛ]
  • Hyphenation: по‧ло‧же‧ние

Noun

положение (položenie) n (definite положението)

  1. position, location
    изходно положениеizhodno položeniefirst position
  2. condition, state

Declension

Synonyms

  • положа (položa)
  • положителност (položitelnost)

References

  • положение”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1971–, page 505
  • положение in Речник на българския език

Russian

Etymology

положи́ть (položítʹ, to put, to lay) + -е́ние (-énije)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pəlɐˈʐɛnʲɪje]
  • (file)

Noun

положе́ние (položénije) n inan (genitive положе́ния, nominative plural положе́ния, genitive plural положе́ний)

  1. position, location
  2. situation
    па́товое положе́ниеpátovoje položénije(chess) stalemate (literally, “stalemate situation”)
  3. state, condition
    в интере́сном положе́нии (euphemism)v interésnom položéniipregnant (literally, “in an interesting state”)
  4. standing
  5. thesis
  6. (plural) regulations

Declension

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