Belarusian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *stǫpenь.

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Noun edit

ступе́нь (stupjénʹf inan (genitive ступе́ні, nominative plural ступе́ні, genitive plural ступе́ней or ступе́няў)

  1. step (in a staircase)

Declension edit

References edit

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

Russian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stǫpenь.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [stʊˈpʲenʲ]
  • (file)

Noun edit

ступе́нь (stupénʹf inan (genitive ступе́ни, nominative plural ступе́ни, genitive plural ступе́ней, relational adjective ступе́нчатый) (musical step, footstep)
ступе́нь (stupénʹf inan (genitive ступе́ни, nominative plural ступе́ни, genitive plural ступене́й) (degree, grade)

  1. (music) step (interval between two contiguous degrees of the scale)
  2. step (in a staircase), footstep, rung
  3. degree, grade, level, phase, stage

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Further reading edit

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