порог

See also: nopor

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *porgъ (threshold), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *parˀgas, from Proto-Indo-European *porgʰos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɐˈrok]
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  • Homophones: поро́к (porók), паро́к (parók)
  • Rhymes: -ok

Noun

поро́г • (porógm inan (genitive поро́га, nominative plural поро́ги, genitive plural поро́гов, relational adjective поро́говый, diminutive поро́жек)

  1. threshold, doorstep
  2. rapid (turbulent flow section in a river)

Declension

Derived terms

Compounds:

  • поро́г вхожде́ния m (poróg vxoždénija)
    • высо́кий поро́г вхожде́ния m (vysókij poróg vxoždénija)
    • ни́зкий поро́г вхожде́ния m (nízkij poróg vxoždénija)

Descendants

  • Ingrian: poroga
  • Ter Sami: пыэры (pïerï), пыэрый (pïerïj)

References

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

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