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обоз

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Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *obozъ. By surface analysis, об- (ob-) +‎ воз (voz). Cognate to Polish obóz.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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обо́з (obózm inan (genitive обо́за, nominative plural обо́зы, genitive plural обо́зов)

  1. string of carts, wagon train, string of sledges
    • 1836, Александр Пушкин, “Глава II. Вожатый”, in Капитанская дочка, London: Henry S. King & Co.; English translation from Ekaterina Telfer, transl., The Captain's Daughter, 1875:
      Я слыхал о тамошних метелях и знал, что целые обозы бывали ими занесены.
      Ja slyxal o tamošnix meteljax i znal, što celyje obozy byvali imi zaneseny.
      I had heard of the snow storms in those regions, and was aware that entire trains of waggons were sometimes overwhelmed by them.
  2. (military) transport, train
    быть/плести́сь в обо́зе
    bytʹ/plestísʹ v obóze
    bring up the rear; be left behind

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Ingrian: oboza
  • Yakut: обуос (obuos, wagon train, caravan)
  • Yiddish: אָבאָז (oboz)