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I'm reading a text and have come across a word I can't find in my dictionary:

"c различными корнями"

Does anyone know what this means? Thanks.

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[mricon.livejournal.com]

см. "корень" (творительный падеж мн. число)

[ilia-yasny.livejournal.com]

If it's from mathematics - 'with different roots' (e.g. equation with different roots)
Otherwise, 'origin' or 'background' - with different origins.

You should have looked the word "корень" in the dictionary - "корнями" is plural, Instrumental case from "корень".

[http://users.livejournal.com/_viola/]

Thanks, 'origin' makes sense in the context.

[otherashley.livejournal.com]

корень = причина, источник

[-alex-dee-.livejournal.com]

корень - основа слова в русском языке ;)

[-alex-dee-.livejournal.com]

or square root of the value ;)

[noser.livejournal.com]

In linguistic context, the word корень means stem.

[nbuwe.livejournal.com]

No, "основа" is stem. "Корень" is root.