покров

Russian

Etymology

Ultimately deverbal of покры́ть (pokrýtʹ); compare кров (krov).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [pɐˈkrof]
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Noun

покро́в • (pokróv) m inan (genitive покро́ва, nominative plural покро́вы, genitive plural покро́вов)

cover, covering
под покро́вом но́чи ― pod pokróvom nóči ― at night (literally, “under cover of night”)

под покро́вом та́йны ― pod pokróvom tájny ― secretly (literally, “under cover of secrecy”)

волосяно́й покро́в ― volosjanój pokróv ― hair covering, pelage
hearse cloth

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	покро́в pokróv	покро́вы pokróvy
genitive	покро́ва pokróva	покро́вов pokróvov
dative	покро́ву pokróvu	покро́вам pokróvam
accusative	покро́в pokróv	покро́вы pokróvy
instrumental	покро́вом pokróvom	покро́вами pokróvami
prepositional	покро́ве pokróve	покро́вах pokróvax

Derived terms

покро́вный (pokróvnyj)

References

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

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