ланцуг

Belarusian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish łańcuch, from an unattested compound of Middle High German lanne (“chain”) and Middle High German zug (“tug, pull”), the former being from Old High German lanna (“metal sheet, platelet; chain”), from Vulgar Latin lanna from Latin lāmina (“sheet especially of metal”), the latter from the well-known Proto-Germanic *tugiz (“tug, pull”). Ukrainian ланцю́г (lancjúh), Russian ланцу́г (lancúg) and Romanian lanț are from the same source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɫanˈt͡sux]

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Noun

ланцу́г • (lancúh) m inan (genitive ланцуга́, nominative plural ланцугі́, genitive plural ланцуго́ў)

1. chain

Declension

Declension of ланцу́г (inan velar masc-form accent-b)

	singular	plural
nominative	ланцу́г lancúh	ланцугі́ lancuhí
genitive	ланцуга́ lancuhá	ланцуго́ў lancuhóŭ
dative	ланцугу́ lancuhú	ланцуга́м lancuhám
accusative	ланцу́г lancúh	ланцугі́ lancuhí
instrumental	ланцуго́м lancuhóm	ланцуга́мі lancuhámi
locative	ланцугу́ lancuhú	ланцуга́х lancuháx
count form	—	ланцугі́1 lancuhí1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish łańcuch, from an unattested compound of Middle High German lanne (“chain”) and Middle High German zug (“tug, pull”), the former being from Old High German lanna (“metal sheet, platelet; chain”), from Vulgar Latin lanna from Latin lāmina (“sheet especially of metal”), the latter from the well-known Proto-Germanic *tugiz (“tug, pull”). Ukrainian ланцю́г (lancjúh) and Belarusian ланцу́г (lancúh) are from the same source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɫɐnˈt͡suk]

Noun

ланцу́г • (lancúg) m inan (genitive ланцуга́, nominative plural ланцуги́, genitive plural ланцуго́в)

1. (dialectal) chain

   Synonym: цепь (cepʹ)

Declension

Declension of ланцу́г (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ланцу́г lancúg	ланцуги́ lancugí
genitive	ланцуга́ lancugá	ланцуго́в lancugóv
dative	ланцугу́ lancugú	ланцуга́м lancugám
accusative	ланцу́г lancúg	ланцуги́ lancugí
instrumental	ланцуго́м lancugóm	ланцуга́ми lancugámi
prepositional	ланцуге́ lancugé	ланцуга́х lancugáx

References

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “ланцуг”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ланцуг”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress