топор

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *toporъ. Either an Iranian borrowing (chronologically disputed) or from an expressive root related to Bulgarian те́пам (tépam, “to beat”), то́пам (tópam, “to bounce”) +‎ -ор (-or).

• IPA^(key): [toˈpɔr]

топо́р • (topór) m

1. axe, hatchet

• бра́два (brádva, “bearded axe”)
• секи́ра (sekíra, “splitting axe”)
• са́тър (sátǎr, “broad axe”)
• ки́рка (kírka, “pickaxe”)
• тесла́ (teslá, “adze”)

• топо́рище (topórište) (augmentative)

• “топор”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “топор”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

• прото- (proto-), ропот (ropot), отпор (otpor)

• топо́ръ (topór) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Inherited from Old East Slavic топоръ (toporŭ, “poleaxe”), from Proto-Slavic *toporъ. Further etymology is disputed.

• IPA^(key): [tɐˈpor]

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топо́р • (topór) m inan (genitive топора́, nominative plural топоры́, genitive plural топоро́в, relational adjective топо́рный, diminutive топо́рик, augmentative топори́ще)

1. axe, ax, hatchet

   пла́вать как топо́р ― plávatʹ kak topór ― swim like a stone

• This is the default and unmarked word for "axe". Every type of axe and battle-axe may be called топор, however, poleaxes and halberds are currently not widely considered to be axes by Russian speakers, as they are felt to be allied to spears and pikes, while for example the Dane axe is seen as an axe.

• топори́ще (toporíšče)
• три топора́ (tri toporá)

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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *toporъ, from an Iranian language. Compare Persian تبر (tabar).

то̏пор m (Latin spelling tȍpor)

1. (regional, rare) axe

   Synonyms: сјѐкира, сѐкира