сторож

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic сторожь (storožĭ), from Proto-Slavic *storžь (guard), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *storʔg-. Doublet of страж (straž), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈstorəʂ]
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Noun

сто́рож (stórož) m anim (genitive сто́рожа, nominative plural сторожа́, genitive plural стороже́й)

  1. watch, watchman, guard, custodian

Declension

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), сторож”, 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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