поверх
floor, storey
Parts of speech
Nouns |
поверх gen. поверху - storey, floor |
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Adjectives |
поверховий - relating or pertaining to a storey or floor (usually in a compound word, see below) поверховий - superficial, shallow |
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Useful compounds |
перший, другий поверх - ground, first floor (see below) на першому, другому поверсі - on the ground, first floor багатоповерховий будинок - multistorey building технічний поверх - service floor (for appliances etc.) |
Additional information
1. the system of counting floors in Ukraine is different to that in the UK: перший поверх - ground floor, другий поверх - first floor etc.
2. not to be confused with the adverb поверх (different stress) meaning over, above, on top
Related words
верх - top
поверхня - surface