капкан

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Russian

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капкан

Etymology

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Borrowed from Turkic. Compare Crimean Tatar qapqan and Turkish kapan (trap, snare). Cognate with Georgian ხაფანგი (xapangi, trap).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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капка́н (kapkánm inan (genitive капка́на, nominative plural капка́ны, genitive plural капка́нов)

  1. trap, bear trap, leg trap (device designed to catch or kill animals)
    Synonym: западня́ (zapadnjá)

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Ingrian: kapkana

Ukrainian

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 капкан on Ukrainian Wikipedia
капкан

Etymology

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Borrowed from Turkic. Compare Crimean Tatar qapqan and Turkish kapan (trap, snare). Cognate with Georgian ხაფანგი (xapangi, trap).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kɐpˈkan]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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капка́н (kapkánm inan (genitive капка́на[1] or капкана́[2][3], nominative plural капка́ни[1] or капкани́[3], genitive plural капка́нів[1] or капкані́в[3])

  1. trap, bear trap, leg trap (device designed to catch or kill animals)
  2. (figuratively) trap (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
    Synonym: па́стка f (pástka)

Declension

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 капкан”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
  2. ^ Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2016), “капкан”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 7 (кварта́л – кя́хтинський), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 капкан”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)

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