способ

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).

• IPA^(key): [ˈsposəp]

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спо́соб • (spósob) m inan (genitive спо́соба, nominative plural спо́собы, genitive plural спо́собов)

1. method, means, manner, mode, way

   Synonym: ме́тод (métod)

• спосо́бный (sposóbnyj)
  • спосо́бность (sposóbnostʹ)

• посо́бие (posóbije)

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