степень

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stepenь.

Noun

степень • (stepenĭ) m

  1. stair (a single step in a staircase)

Declension

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stepenь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsʲtʲepʲɪnʲ]
  • (file)

Noun

сте́пень • (stépenʹ) f inan (genitive сте́пени, nominative plural сте́пени, genitive plural степене́й)

  1. degree, extent
  2. (mathematics) power
  3. (grammar) degree of comparison
  4. rank, title, degree
    учёная сте́пень ― učónaja stépenʹ ― academic degree

Declension

Synonyms

Descendants

  • → Ingrian: steeppeni

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “степень”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.