The stress in the word "catalog" - how to put it correctly

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-12 17:37

Have you often heard the stress in the word "catalog" on the second vowel from those around you? In colloquial speech, sometimes even experienced philologists and teachers make mistakes. People tend to be wrong, especially when everyone else is talking wrong. However, in all orthoepic dictionaries it is written that it is correct - catalog.

Origin of the word

The word "catalog" comes from the Greek katalogus. Translated into Russian, it means "list", "list". The word, in turn, is formed from two nouns - kata and logus, “below” and “count”, “word”, “narration”.

By the way, the word “catalog” passed into Russian along with the words “dialog”, “monolog”, “necrolog”, therefore they also emphasize the last syllable. In philosophy and theology there is the term "logos" meaning a word in the divine sense - the commandment of the Lord.

Moreover, the word "catalog" is consonant with the German katalog and the French - catalog. They also emphasize the last syllable. But in the Greek word κατάλογος, the correct stress is put on the second syllable, but we should not be equal to it.

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How the stress is put

Before making sure of the correct stress, let's take a word into its component parts. "Ka-ta-log" - three phonetic syllables. According to the rule, it is the last vowel that stands out in the voice. This emphasis is placed in accordance with the norms of the modern Russian literary language. According to cases, the word is declined as follows:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	catalog	catalogs
Genitive	catalog	catalogs
Dative	catalog	catalogs
Accusative	catalog	catalogs
Instrumental	catalog	catalogs
Prepositional	catalog	catalogs

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In addition to dictionaries, you can refer to the works of the great lyricists of the Silver Age. Of course, some people put rhyme more important, for example, Vysotsky in his poem "Not true, there is not an abyss above us, not darkness …" for the sake of maintaining the rhythm, writes:

It is not true, there is not an abyss above us, not a darkness, -

catalog of rewards and retribution.

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But Boris Pasternak, one of the most educated male poets, knew exactly how to put stress correctly:

Until now, it was not clear to me -

Why do I need a star catalog …

You can remember how to stress the word "catalog" with the help of memorized poems:

The stress in the word "catalog"

It always falls on the third syllable.

You can say "tvorog", Or you can also "cheese", But you do not need a "catalog", But only "catalog".

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The gift helped me choose

Special catalog.

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The survey results showed that 88% of the population make mistakes in this word. Remember how to emphasize the word "katalog" correctly so as not to make a bad impression at work or in society.

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