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локоть

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Old Novgorodian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ȍlkъtь.

Noun

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локоть (lokotĭm

  1. cubit

References

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  • локото, локти (letter no. 130)”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus]‎[1][2] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2025
  • Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎[3] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 755

Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ȍlkъtь.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɫokətʲ]
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Noun

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ло́коть (lókotʹm inan (genitive ло́ктя or локтя́*, nominative plural ло́кти, genitive plural локте́й, relational adjective локтево́й, diminutive локото́к) (* far more common but proscribed)

  1. (anatomy) elbow
    • 1886, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], Ведьма; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Witch, 1918:
      — Отста́нь! — кри́кнула она́ и так сту́кнула его́ ло́ктем в перено́сицу, что из глаз его́ посы́пались и́скры.
      — Otstánʹ! — kríknula oná i tak stúknula jevó lóktem v perenósicu, što iz glaz jevó posýpalisʹ ískry.
      "Leave off!" she shouted, and prodded him on the nose with her elbow with such violence that he saw stars before his eyes.
  2. cubit, ell

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