ковёр

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Jooseppi Julius Mikkola, quoted by Vasmer and Karl Brugmann[1], asserts that it is from Old Norse kǫgurr[2].

A Turkic origin (< Proto-Turkic *köbüŕ) has also been theorised. Compare Romanian covor (<Russian), Slovak and Czech koberec, Polish kobierzec, archaic Bulgarian губер (guber).

Pronunciation
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  • IPA(key): [kɐˈvʲɵr]

Noun

ковёр • (kovjór) m inan (genitive ковра́, nominative plural ковры́, genitive plural ковро́в, related adjective ковро́вый, diminutive ко́врик)

  1. rug, carpet

Declension
Declension of ковёр (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-b reduc) 
singular plural
nominative ковёр
kovjór		 ковры́
kovrý
genitive ковра́
kovrá		 ковро́в
kovróv
dative ковру́
kovrú		 ковра́м
kovrám
accusative ковёр
kovjór		 ковры́
kovrý
instrumental ковро́м
kovróm		 ковра́ми
kovrámi
prepositional ковре́
kovré		 ковра́х
kovráx

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Yakut: көбүөр (köbüör)

References
  1. Mémoires de la société néo-philologique à Helsingfors I., S. 8, cited in Indogermanische Forschungen, Karl Brugmann: „Unter dem Titel Etymologisches weist Mikkola einige neue germanische Wörter im Finnischen nach und deutet slav. kovъrъ (Teppich) aus anord. kögurr.“
  2. Jahresbericht über die Erscheinungen auf dem Gebiete der germanischen Philologie, B. 7, S. 23: „slav. kovъrъ Teppich; an kögurr id“

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