Old Church Slavonic

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stepenь.

Noun

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степень (stepenĭm

  1. stair (a single step in a staircase)

Declension

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Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stepenь.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈsʲtʲepʲɪnʲ]
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Noun

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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

Declension

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Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • Ingrian: steeppeni

Further reading

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