кий
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See also: кии
Bulgarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kyjь.
Noun
- prong, tine (pointy tip of a weapon or a tool)
- За какъв кий е това? (idiom)
- Za kakǎv kij e tova?
- For what sake is this? / What is the point of this?
- pointy tool, stick, rode
Declension
Declension of кий
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
(nouns):
- (diminutive) ки́ец (kíec)
- (instrumental) кию́га (kijúga)
- кия́вица (kijávica)
- кия́вка (kijávka)
- (instrumental) ки́як (kíjak)
- кия́нец (kijánec)
Related terms
- ки́вам (kívam, “to swing, to wink”)
- ки́дам (kídam, “to toss, to shoot a projectile”)
References
- Nayden Gerov (1897) “кꙑ́ꙗкъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 442
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кий”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 355
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Russian кий (kij), genetically cognate with Etymology 1, but semantically influenced by French queue (whence also English cue).
Noun
кий • (kij) m
Declension
Declension of кий
Coordinate terms
- ще́ка (štéka, “cue stick”)
References
- “кий”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
Itelmen
Noun
кий (kij) (plural кийэʼн, locative singular кийэнк)
- river
- Потом кий тмалк. А кийэнк ныйныԓ нәњчэ’н.
- Also the river was near. There were many fish in the river.
References
- E. Kasten, M. Dürr (2015). Itelmen texts : a preliminary linguistic analysis
- M. Dürr, M. Risler, D. Kester, M. Krauss, A. Volodin, E. Kasten, K. Khaloymova, J. Bobalik, Ch. Ono (2021). Полный ительменско-русский словарь
Russian
Alternative forms
- кій (kij) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kyjь.
Pronunciation
Noun
кий • (kij) m inan (genitive ки́я or кия́, nominative plural кии́, genitive plural киёв)
- (dated) stick
- Synonym: па́лка (pálka)
- cue (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
- 1924, Михаил Булгаков [Mikhail Bulgakov], “XI. Парфорсное кино и бездна”, in Дьяволиада; English translation from K. M. Cook-Horujy, transl., Diaboliad, Moscow: Raduga Publishers, 1990:
- Сло́вно по сигна́лу, игроки́ поброса́ли кии́ и гусько́м, топоча́, ки́нулись в боковы́е две́ри.
- Slóvno po signálu, igrokí pobrosáli kií i gusʹkóm, topočá, kínulisʹ v bokovýje dvéri.
- As if in response to a signal, the players flung down their cues and scrambled hurriedly through the side door with a clatter.
Declension
Descendants
- → Yakut: кий (kiy)
Ukrainian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *kyjь.
Pronunciation
Noun
кий • (kyj) m inan (genitive ки́я, nominative plural ки́ї, genitive plural ки́їв)
- stick
- cue (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
Declension
Declension of кий (inan j-stem masc-form accent-a)
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “кий”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “кий”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
Yakut
Etymology
Noun
кий • (kiy)
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