Old Church Slavonic edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stepenь.

Noun edit

степень (stepenĭm

  1. stair (a single step in a staircase)

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Russian edit

 
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Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stepenь.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

сте́пень (stépenʹf 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 сте́пеньučónaja stépenʹacademic degree

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Descendants edit

  • Ingrian: steeppeni

Further reading edit

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