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скопец

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Macedonian

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Noun

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скопец (skopecm

  1. Alternative form of скопак (skopak)

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Declension of скопец
singular plural
indefinite скопец (skopec) скопци (skopci)
definite unspecified скопецот (skopecot) скопците (skopcite)
definite proximal скопецов (skopecov) скопциве (skopcive)
definite distal скопецон (skopecon) скопцине (skopcine)
vocative скопецу (skopecu) скопци (skopci)
count form скопеца (skopeca)

Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic скопьць (skopĭcĭ), from Proto-Slavic *skopьcь, from *skopiti (to castrate).

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скопе́ц (skopécm anim (genitive скопца́, nominative plural скопцы́, genitive plural скопцо́в)

  1. eunuch
  2. (figuratively, derogatory) cold, passionless man
  3. (Christianity) skopets, a member of a Russian religious eunuch movement practising self-castration
    • 1966/2018, Y. Mamleev, The Sublimes/Shatuny (English-Russian edition):
      Сам Михей к секте относился иронически, считая скопцов не «белыми голубями», как они себя называли, а воробышками
      Sam Mixej k sekte otnosilsja ironičeski, sčitaja skopcov ne «belymi golubjami», kak oni sebja nazyvali, a vorobyškami
      Mikhei himself regarded the sect ironically, considering the eunuchs not “white doves,” as they called themselves, but little sparrows

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