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копьё

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See also: копье

Russian

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): [kɐˈp⁽ʲ⁾jɵ]
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Noun

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копьё (kopʹjón inan (genitive копья́, nominative plural ко́пья, genitive plural ко́пий, relational adjective копе́йный)

  1. spear, lance, javelin
    мета́ние копья́metánije kopʹjájavelin throwing
    би́ться на ко́пьяхbítʹsja na kópʹjaxto 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.

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Descendants

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  • Ingrian: kopjo

Tuvan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian копьё (kopʹjó).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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копьё (kopʹyo) (definite accusative копьёну, plural копьёлер)

  1. spear

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