север

See also: Север and с́евер

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sěverъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛvɛr]

Noun

се́вер • (séver) m (related adjective се́верен)

1. (uncountable) north

   Antonym: юг (jug)

Declension

Declension of се́вер

	singular
indefinite	се́вер séver
definite (subject form)	се́верът séverǎt
definite (object form)	се́вера sévera

Coordinate terms

• (compass points)

северозапад (severozapad)	север (sever)	североизток (severoiztok)
запад (zapad)		изток (iztok)
югозапад (jugozapad)	юг (jug)	югоизток (jugoiztok)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• северняк (severnjak), севернячка (severnjačka)
• северозапад (severozapad)
• северозападен (severozapaden)
• североизток (severoiztok)
• североизточен (severoiztočen)

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Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sěverъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛvɛr]

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Noun

север • (sever) m (related adjective северен)

1. north

Coordinate terms

• (compass points)

северозапад (severozapad)	север (sever)	североисток (severoistok)
запад (zapad)		исток (istok)
југозапад (jugozapad)	југ (jug)	југоисток (jugoistok)

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Russian

Alternative forms

• сѣ́веръ (sě́ver) – Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěverъ, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₁wero. Cognate with Lithuanian šiaurė, Latin caurus and English shower.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsʲevʲɪr]

• Audio

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Noun

се́вер • (séver) m inan (genitive се́вера, uncountable)

1. north
2. North (northern part of any region)
3. Arctic (northern parts of Russia)

   Кра́йний Се́вер ― Krájnij Séver ― Far North (Russian territories that lie to the north of the Arctic circle)

Declension

Declension of се́вер (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	се́вер séver
genitive	се́вера sévera
dative	се́веру séveru
accusative	се́вер séver
instrumental	се́вером séverom
prepositional	се́вере sévere

Synonyms

• норд (nord) (nautical)

Antonyms

• юг (jug)

Coordinate terms

• (compass points)

се́веро-за́пад (sévero-západ) норд-ве́ст (nord-vést)	се́вер (séver) норд (nord)	се́веро-восто́к (sévero-vostók) норд-о́ст (nord-óst)
за́пад (západ) вест (vest)		восто́к (vostók) ост (ost)
ю́го-за́пад (júgo-západ) зюйд-ве́ст (zjujd-vést)	юг (jug) зюйд (zjujd)	ю́го-восто́к (júgo-vostók) зюйд-о́ст (zjujd-óst)

Derived terms

• се́верный (sévernyj)
• северя́нин (severjánin)

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• сје̏вер (Ijekavian)
• ćе̏вер (Ekavian)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sěverъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sêʋer/
• Hyphenation: се‧вер

Noun

се̏вер m (Latin spelling sȅver)

1. (uncountable) north

Declension

Declension of север

	singular
nominative	север
genitive	севера
dative	северу
accusative	север
vocative	севере
locative	северу
instrumental	севером