вершок

Russian

Etymology

Per Vasmer, from верх (verx, “top”) +‎ -о́к (-ók), probably originally "length of the upper phalanx of the index finger".

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [vʲɪrˈʂok]

Noun

вершо́к • (veršók) m inan (genitive вершка́, nominative plural вершки́, genitive plural вершко́в)

  1. an old Russian unit of length approximately equal to 4.445 centimeters or 1/16 of an arshin

Declension
Declension of вершо́к (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-b reduc) 
singular plural
nominative вершо́к
veršók		 вершки́
verškí
genitive вершка́
veršká		 вершко́в
verškóv
dative вершку́
verškú		 вершка́м
verškám
accusative вершо́к
veršók		 вершки́
verškí
instrumental вершко́м
verškóm		 вершка́ми
verškámi
prepositional вершке́
veršké		 вершка́х
verškáx

Descendants
  • → English: vershok

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