копѣйка

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Russian[edit]

Noun[edit]

копѣ́йка (kopě́jkaf inan (genitive копѣ́йки, nominative plural копѣ́йки, genitive plural копѣ́екъ, relational adjective копѣ́ечный, diminutive копѣ́ечка)

  1. Pre-1918 spelling of копе́йка (kopéjka).

Declension[edit]

Solombala English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Russian копѣ́йка (kopě́jka).

Noun[edit]

копѣйка (kopějka) (plural копѣйки)

  1. kopek or money in general
    • 1849 [1848], Vereščagin, Vasilij P., Очерки Архангельской губерніи [Sketches from Arkhangelsk Governorate]‎[1], Saint Petersburg: Typography of Yakov Trey, pages 406407:
      Асей, асей! Дай ту копѣйки!
      Asej, asej! Daj tu kopějki!
      Sailor, sailor! Give me two kopeks!

References[edit]

  • Broch, Ingvild (1996) “Solombala-English in Archangel”, in Jahr, Ernst Håkon, Broch, Ingvild, editors, Language Contact in the Arctic: Northern Pidgins and Contact Languages (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs (TiLSM); 88)‎[2], reprint edition, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, published 2011, →DOI, →ISBN, page 95 of 93–98