доска

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъska, from Proto-Germanic *diskuz, borrowed from Latin discus. See there for details.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dɐˈska]
  • (file)

Noun

доска́ • (doská) f inan (genitive доски́, nominative plural до́ски, genitive plural до́сок or досо́к*, diminutive доще́чка) (* uncommon)

  1. board, plank
    обрезна́я доска́ ― obreznája doská ― dimensional board
    стро́ганая доска́ ― stróganaja doská ― finished board
    от доски́ до доски́ ― ot doskí do doskí ― from cover to cover (literally, “from pasteboard to pasteboard”)
  2. blackboard, chalkboard, whiteboard
    кла́ссная доска́ ― klássnaja doská ― blackboard
    гри́фельная доска́ ― grífelʹnaja doská ― slate, chalkboard
  3. plate, panel (a flat metal or stone object of uniform thickness)
    мемориа́льная доска́ ― memoriálʹnaja doská ― commemorative plate
  4. (sports) snowboard, surfboard, skateboard
  5. (colloquial, derogatory) a flat-chested woman

Declension

Descendants

  • → Ingrian: doska
  • → Yakut: дуоска (duoska)
  • → Yup'ik: tuskaq

References

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