вершок
Russian
Etymology
Per Vasmer, from верх (verx, “top”) + -о́к (-ók), probably originally "length of the upper phalanx of the index finger".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [vʲɪrˈʂok]
Noun
вершо́к • (veršók) m inan (genitive вершка́, nominative plural вершки́, genitive plural вершко́в)
- an old Russian unit of length approximately equal to 4.445 centimeters or 1/16 of an arshin
Declension
Declension of вершо́к (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-b reduc)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | вершо́к veršók | вершки́ verškí |
| genitive | вершка́ veršká | вершко́в verškóv |
| dative | вершку́ verškú | вершка́м verškám |
| accusative | вершо́к veršók | вершки́ verškí |
| instrumental | вершко́м verškóm | вершка́ми verškámi |
| prepositional | вершке́ veršké | вершка́х verškáx |
Descendants
- → English: vershok
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “вершок”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress