Old Church Slavonic

корабль in the Bulgarian Church Slavonic Tetraevangelia of Ivan Alexander, 1356. The word itself appears in the fourth line.

Noun

корабль • ‎(korablĭ) m

1. ship
2. boat

Synonyms

• корабь ‎(korabĭ)

References

• Mali staroslavensko-hrvatski rječnik, Matica hrvatska, Zagreb, 2004

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic корабль ‎(korablĭ), from Proto-Slavic *korabjь, old borrowing from Ancient Greek καράβιον ‎(karábion) or κάραβος ‎(kárabos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɐˈrablʲ]

Noun

кора́бль • ‎(koráblʹ) m inan ‎(genitive корабля́, nominative plural корабли́, genitive plural корабле́й)

1. ship, liner
2. (formally) warship
3. (architecture) nave
4. (figuratively) match box for marijuana, by consonance with коробок ‎(korobok)

Usage notes

• In modern technical and formal usage, корабль refers to warships. Informally, can refer to various large ships. Historically, referred to square-rigged sailing ships, similarly to the historical sense of the English word "ship".

Declension

Synonyms

• (nave): неф ‎(nef)

Hypernyms

• (ship): су́дно ‎(súdno)

Related terms

• кора́блик ‎(koráblik), корабе́л ‎(korabél), корабельщик ‎(korabelʹščik)
• корабе́льный ‎(korabélʹnyj)