пигмей

See also: пигмеи

Russian

Alternative forms

• пѵгме́й (pigméj) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

From Latin Pygmaeī, from Ancient Greek πυγμαῖος (pugmaîos, “a member of a race of dwarves”), from πυγμή (pugmḗ, “fist (as small as a fist)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʲɪɡˈmʲej]

Noun

пигме́й • (pigméj) m anim (genitive пигме́я, nominative plural пигме́и, genitive plural пигме́ев, feminine пигме́йка, relational adjective пигме́йский)

1. pygmy (a member of various African peoples)

Declension

Declension of пигме́й (anim masc-form vowel-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	пигме́й pigméj	пигме́и pigméi
genitive	пигме́я pigméja	пигме́ев pigméjev
dative	пигме́ю pigméju	пигме́ям pigméjam
accusative	пигме́я pigméja	пигме́ев pigméjev
instrumental	пигме́ем pigméjem	пигме́ями pigméjami
prepositional	пигме́е pigméje	пигме́ях pigméjax