копьё
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See also: копье
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic копие (kopije), from Proto-Slavic *kopьje (see details of derivation there), from *kopati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kop-, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to strike, beat”).
Pronunciation
Noun
копьё • (kopʹjó) n inan (genitive копья́, nominative plural ко́пья, genitive plural ко́пий, relational adjective копе́йный)
- spear, lance, javelin
- мета́ние копья́ ― metánije kopʹjá ― javelin throwing
- би́ться на ко́пьях ― bítʹsja na kópʹjax ― to tilt, to joust
- 1836, Александр Пушкин, “Глава VII. Приступ”, in Капитанская дочка, London: Henry S. King & Co.; English translation from Ekaterina Telfer, transl., The Captain's Daughter, 1875:
- Один из них держал под шапкою лист бумаги; у другого на копье воткнута была голова Юлая, которую, стряхнув, перекинул он к нам чрез частокол.
- Odin iz nix deržal pod šapkoju list bumagi; u drugovo na kopʹje votknuta byla golova Julaja, kotoruju, strjaxnuv, perekinul on k nam črez častokol.
- One held a sheet of paper high above his cap; another had Youlaï's head stuck on his lance, which he threw at us over the palisade.
Declension
Derived terms
- копейка (kopejka)
- копейщик (kopejščik)
Descendants
- → Ingrian: kopjo
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
копьё • (kopʹyo) (definite accusative копьёну, plural копьёлер)
See also
- узун чыда (uzun çıda)
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