канун

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Russian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). Originally meant "Christian holiday". Doublet of кано́н (kanón).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kɐˈnun]
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Noun

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кану́н (kanúnm inan (genitive кану́на, nominative plural кану́ны, genitive plural кану́нов)

  1. eve

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “канун”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress