почва
Bulgarian
Pronunciation
- по́чва: IPA(key): [ˈpɔt͡ʃvə] (present indicative or aorist)
- почва́: IPA(key): [pot͡ʃˈva] (aorist only)
Verb
по́чва • (póčva)
- third-person singular present indicative of по́чвам (póčvam)
Verb
по́чва or почва́ • (póčva or počvá)
- second-person singular aorist indicative of по́чвам (póčvam)
- third-person singular aorist indicative of по́чвам (póčvam)
Macedonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpɔt͡ʃva]
Noun
почва • (počva) f (related adjective почвен)
- soil, ground
Declension
Declension of почва
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | почва | почви |
| definite unspecified | почвата | почвите |
| definite proximal | почвава | почвиве |
| definite distal | почвана | почвине |
| vocative | почво | почви |
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic подъшьва (podŭšĭva, “sole (bottom); foundation”), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *šiti (“to sew”). Doublet of подо́шва (podóšva, “sole, (mountain) foot”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpot͡ɕvə]
Audio (file)
Noun
по́чва • (póčva) f inan (genitive по́чвы, nominative plural по́чвы, genitive plural почв, related adjective по́чвенный)
- earth, soil, ground (mixture of sand and organic material)
- basis, base, ground
Declension
Declension of по́чва (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | по́чва póčva | по́чвы póčvy |
| genitive | по́чвы póčvy | по́чв póčv |
| dative | по́чве póčve | по́чвам póčvam |
| accusative | по́чву póčvu | по́чвы póčvy |
| instrumental | по́чвой, по́чвою póčvoj, póčvoju | по́чвами póčvami |
| prepositional | по́чве póčve | по́чвах póčvax |
Synonyms
- земля́ (zemljá), грунт (grunt)
- фунда́мент (fundáment), основа́ние (osnovánije)
Related terms
- почвенник (počvennik)
- почвеннический (počvenničeskij), почвоведение (počvovedenije), почвовед (počvoved)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “почва”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. (1993), “почва”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – пантомима), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 62
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902), “подъшьва”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 2: Л – П, Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 302