башня

Russian

Etymology

First recorded in the 1st Pskov manuscript. Often used in the 17th century. From Old East Slavic башта (bašta) from Italian bastia via Polish baszta or Czech bašta. The ending was influenced by the suffix -ня (-nja), which creates nouns of place, as in па́шня (pášnja), тамо́жня (tamóžnja).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbaʂnʲə]
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Noun

ба́шня • (bášnja) f inan (genitive ба́шни, nominative plural ба́шни, genitive plural ба́шен)

  1. tower
    вавило́нская ба́шня ― vavilónskaja bášnja ― the tower of Babel
    водонапо́рная ба́шня ― vodonapórnaja bášnja ― water tower
    ба́шня из слоно́вой ко́сти ― bášnja iz slonóvoj kósti ― ivory tower
  2. turret
    сторожева́я ба́шня ― storoževája bášnja ― watchtower

Declension

Declension of ба́шня (inan fem-form soft-stem accent-a reduc) 
singular plural
nominative ба́шня
bášnja		 ба́шни
bášni
genitive ба́шни
bášni		 ба́шен
bášen
dative ба́шне
bášne		 ба́шням
bášnjam
accusative ба́шню
bášnju		 ба́шни
bášni
instrumental ба́шней, ба́шнею
bášnej, bášneju		 ба́шнями
bášnjami
prepositional ба́шне
bášne		 ба́шнях
bášnjax
  • ба́шенный (bášennyj)
  • безба́шенный (bezbášennyj)
  • ба́шенка f (bášenka)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “башня”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačev O. N., Moscow: Progress
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