склеп

Russian

склеп

Etymology

From Ukrainian склеп (sklep, vault, crypt), a borrowing from Polish sklep (vault, cellar, crypt), from Proto-Slavic *sъklepъ. Doublet of склёп (skljop), the inherited East Slavic form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sklʲep]

Noun

склеп (sklep) m inan (genitive скле́па, nominative plural скле́пы, genitive plural скле́пов)

  1. burial vault, crypt, ossuary
  2. vault (a secure, enclosed area)

Declension

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), склеп”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress
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