човен

From Proto-Slavic *čьlnъ.

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʂovʲen]

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чо́вен • (čóvjen) m inan (genitive чо́ўна, nominative plural чаўны́, genitive plural чаўно́ў)

1. canoe, boat

• “човен” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

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Compare:

• Old Church Slavonic чьванъ (čĭvanŭ, “pint, vessel”);
• Kyrgyz чоюн (coyun, “cast iron”), Kazakh шойын (şoiyn, “cast iron”) (from Proto-Turkic *čṓdun)?

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃo̟ˈvɛn]

чове́н • (čovén) m (dialectal)

1. large oval pot or stewpan

   Synonym: голя́ма те́нджера (goljáma téndžera)

• чуве́н (čuvén) — with vowel reduction of unstressed -о-

• “човен”, in BGJargon.com (in Bulgarian), 2007
• “чьванъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьlnъ.

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɔʋen]

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чо́вен • (čóven) m inan (genitive човна́, nominative plural човни́, genitive plural човні́в, diminutive чо́вник)

1. boat (usually with oars)

   літа́ючий чо́вен ― litájučyj čóven ― seaplane, flying boat

• каноне́рський чо́вен m (kanonérsʹkyj čóven, “gunboat”)
• мото́рний чо́вен m (motórnyj čóven, “motorboat”)
• підво́дний чо́вен m (pidvódnyj čóven, “submarine”)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “човен”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “човен”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)