коготь
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Russian

Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kogъtь, from Proto-Indo-European *keg-, *keng- (“peg; hook”). Compare Belarusian ко́каць (kókacʹ), Ukrainian коготь (kohotʹ), кіготь (kihotʹ), когіть (kohitʹ).
Pronunciation
Noun
ко́готь • (kógotʹ) m inan (genitive ко́гтя, nominative plural ко́гти, genitive plural когте́й, relational adjective когтево́й, diminutive когото́к, augmentative когти́ще)
Declension
Derived terms
- когтето́чка f (kogtetóčka)
- когти́стый (kogtístyj)
- когти́ть impf (kogtítʹ)
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “коготь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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