коврига

Russian

Etymology

The origin of this word is disputed. May be related to Finnish kaura, Serbo-Croatian кврга, Turkish gevrek or Norwegian kavring. Known from written sources from the 12th century. Has cognates as e.g. Bulgarian ковриг (kovrig) and Romanian covrig.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kɐˈvrʲiɡə]

Noun

коври́га • (kovríga) f inan (genitive коври́ги, nominative plural коври́ги, genitive plural коври́г, relational adjective коври́жный, diminutive коври́жка or коври́жечка, augmentative коври́жища)

a loaf, a korovai bread

Declension

Declension of коври́га (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	коври́га kovríga	коври́ги kovrígi
genitive	коври́ги kovrígi	коври́г kovríg
dative	коври́ге kovríge	коври́гам kovrígam
accusative	коври́гу kovrígu	коври́ги kovrígi
instrumental	коври́гой, коври́гою kovrígoj, kovrígoju	коври́гами kovrígami
prepositional	коври́ге kovríge	коври́гах kovrígax

Derived terms

коври́жка (kovrížka)

Descendants

→ Buryat: хүбэриг (xüberig)

References

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

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