мачта

Russian

мачта

Etymology

From older ма́шта (mášta), from Dutch mast or Low German mast. Compare Polish maszt/maszta. For the change -шт- (-št-)-чт- (-čt-) compare по́чта (póčta).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmat͡ɕtə]
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Noun

ма́чта • (máčta) f inan (genitive ма́чты, nominative plural ма́чты, genitive plural мачт)

  1. mast
  2. (radio, electric) tower

Declension

  • мачтовый (mačtovyj)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мачта”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “мачта”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 517
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