штык

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Russian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Attested since ca. 1706. Borrowed from Polish sztych directly and/or through Old Ruthenian штыхъ (štyx, sharp point), even though the difference in Auslaut seems unexplained.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ʂtɨk]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɨk

Noun[edit]

штык (štykm inan (genitive штыка́, nominative plural штыки́, genitive plural штыко́в)

  1. bayonet
    Synonym: (historical) багине́т (baginét)
    Примкну́ть штыки́!Primknútʹ štykí!Fix bayonets!
  2. (military, dated) foot soldier, infantryman (as a counting unit of military strength; see also са́бля (sáblja) and ша́шка (šáška))
    отря́д в сто штыко́в и пятьдеся́т са́бельotrjád v sto štykóv i pjatʹdesját sábelʹa force of a hundred soldiers and fifty cavalrymen
  3. blade (of a spade)
  4. (agriculture, archaeology) a spade's depth (of soil)
    на шты́кna štýka spade deep

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