Gender of Russian loan words

[Alexandra Smith]

Dear Professor Rosset,

I assume that the noun "kofe" is considered to be masculine because  
the earlier form was "kofij". there is a short article that explains  
the history of this word available  
here:http://zhivoeslovo.ru/content/view/326/143/

All best,
Alexandra




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Alexandra Smith (PhD, University of London)
Reader in Russian
Department of European Languages and Cultures
School of  Languages, Literatures and Cultures
The University of Edinburgh
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Edinburgh EH8 9JX
UK

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e-mail: Alexandra.Smith at ed.ac.uk




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