лабаз

Russian

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from Komi-Zyrian лобос (lobos), although the direction of borrowing is unclear. Alternatively, possibly of Slavic origin and related to лаба́зник (labáznik, “dropwort”) and лабазина (labazina, “twig, switch”), although as noted by Shansky, this hypothesis would require an improbable semantic evolution.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɫɐˈbas]

Noun

лаба́з • (labáz) m inan (genitive лаба́за, nominative plural лаба́зы, genitive plural лаба́зов, relational adjective лаба́зный)

1. (regional) lean-to, shed

   Synonym: наве́с (navés)

2. (dated) barn, granary, warehouse
3. (hunting) tree stand, machan
4. (Saint Petersburg) corner store, bodega

Declension

Declension of лаба́з (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	лаба́з labáz	лаба́зы labázy
genitive	лаба́за labáza	лаба́зов labázov
dative	лаба́зу labázu	лаба́зам labázam
accusative	лаба́з labáz	лаба́зы labázy
instrumental	лаба́зом labázom	лаба́зами labázami
prepositional	лаба́зе labáze	лаба́зах labázax

Related terms

• лаба́зник (labáznik)
• лаба́зница (labáznica)

References

• Shansky, N. M., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (1999), “лабаз”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), number 9 (Л), Moscow: Moscow University Press, →ISBN , page 6