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Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Slavic *kotъ, from Byzantine Greek κάττα (kátta), κάττος (káttos) (c. ad 350).
Pronunciation[edit]
кот • (kot) m
- tomcat
- кот в сапогах — Puss ’n Boots
- кот наплакал — nothing to speak of (next to nothing)
- не всё коту масленица, придёт и великий пост — All good things must come to an end; You have to take the rough with the smooth.
- купить кота в мешке — to buy a pig in a poke
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