способ

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Russian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Possibly borrowed from Old Czech zpósob (whence Czech způsob), from Proto-Slavic *sъposobъ (itself from Proto-Slavic *sъ + Proto-Slavic *posobiti.) Cognate with Ukrainian спо́сіб (spósib), Belarusian спо́саб (spósab), Slovak spôsob, Polish sposób, Bulgarian спо́соб (spósob).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈsposəp]
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Noun

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спо́соб (spósobm inan (genitive спо́соба, nominative plural спо́собы, genitive plural спо́собов)

  1. method, means, manner, mode, way
    Synonym: ме́тод (métod)

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Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “способ”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress