сторож

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic сторожь (storožĭ), from Proto-Slavic *storžь (guard), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *storʔg-. Doublet of страж (straž), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈstorəʂ]
  • (file)

Noun

сто́рож • (stórož) m anim (genitive сто́рожа, nominative plural сторожа́, genitive plural стороже́й, relational adjective сторожево́й)

  1. watch, watchman, guard, custodian

Declension

Descendants

  • Ingrian: storoža
  • Yakut: остуорас (ostuoras)

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сторож”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • сторож in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic сторожь (storožĭ), from Proto-Slavic *storžь (guard). Doublet of страж (straž).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈstɔrɔʒ]
  • (file)

Noun

сто́рож • (stórož) m pers (genitive сто́рожа, nominative plural сто́рожі, genitive plural сто́рожів)

  1. watchman, guard

Declension

Derived terms

  • сторожи́ти (storožýty)
  • сторожови́й (storožovýj)

References

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