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Borrowed from Russian кровать (krovatʹ)

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кровать (krowat’)

  1. bed

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Medieval Byzantine Greek κρεβάτιον (krebátion), from Ancient Greek κράββατος (krábbatos). See also Modern Greek κρεβάτι (kreváti), Serbo-Croatian krevet.

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  • IPA(key): [krɐˈvatʲ]
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крова́ть (krovátʹf inan (genitive крова́ти, nominative plural крова́ти, genitive plural крова́тей, diminutive крова́тка)

  1. bed
    Synonym: посте́ль (postélʹ)
    де́тская крова́тьdétskaja krovátʹcrib (literally, “child's bed”)

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