чертог
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic чрътогъ (črŭtogŭ), compare Ukrainian черто́г (čertóh), Old Serbian чртог, чртаг. Per Vasmer, probably borrowed from Persian چارتاق (čârtâq, “four-arch”). See черда́к (čerdák, “attic”), another borrowing of the same term, for more information.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]черто́г • (čertóg) m inan (genitive черто́га, nominative plural черто́ги, genitive plural черто́гов)
- (dated) hall (large, rich room)
- (poetic) magnificent building, palace
- 1790, Александр Радищев, “Спасская Полесть”, in Путешествие из Петербурга в Москву; English translation from Leo Wiener, transl., A Journey From St. Petersburg to Moscow, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1958:
- Властитель мира, если, читая сон мой, ты улыбнёшься с насмешкою или нахмуришь чело, ведай, что виденная мною странница отлетела от тебя далеко и чертогов твоих гнушается.
- Vlastitelʹ mira, jesli, čitaja son moj, ty ulybnjóšʹsja s nasmeškoju ili naxmurišʹ čelo, vedaj, što vidennaja mnoju strannica otletela ot tebja daleko i čertogov tvoix gnušajetsja.
- Ruler of the world, if, when you read my dream, you smile scornfully or knit your brow, know that the pilgrim whom I saw has flown far away from you and disdains your palace.
Declension
[edit]Declension of черто́г (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-a)
References
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “чертог”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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