Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Ruthenian спо́собъ (spósob), most likely from Old Polish sposób, which itself is possibly from Old Czech zpósob (maybe only influenced semantically), from Proto-Slavic *sъposobъ. [1][2][3]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈspɔsʲib]
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Noun

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спо́сіб (spósibm inan (genitive спо́собу, nominative plural спо́соби, genitive plural спо́собів)

  1. way, means, manner
  2. (grammar) mood

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Tsykhun, G. A., editor (2008), “спо́саб”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 12 (свабо́да – стэ́сам), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN
  2. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “спосіб”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
  3. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “спо́соб”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress