аспид
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): [ˈaspʲɪt]
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Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Church Slavonic аспида (aspida), from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓σπίς (ăspís), ᾰ̓σπῐ́δος (ăspĭ́dos, “asp”).
Noun
[edit]а́спид • (áspid) m inan (genitive а́спида, nominative plural а́спиды, genitive plural а́спидов)
- Elapidae, asp
- (literary, figurative) An evil person; asp, bloodsucker
- 1887, Николай Лесков [Nikolai Leskov], “Глава четвёртая”, in Леди Макбет Мценского уезда; English translation from Alfred Edward Chamot, transl., The Lady Macbeth of the Mzinsk District, 1923:
- — Жела́ю я тебе́, а́спиду, пятьсо́т плете́й закати́ть,— отвеча́л Бори́с Тимофе́ич.
- — Želáju ja tebé, áspidu, pjatʹsót pletéj zakatítʹ,— otvečál Borís Timoféič.
- "You asp, I want to give you five hundred lashes," answered Boris Timofeich.
Declension
[edit]Declension of а́спид (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
Derived terms
[edit]- кора́лловый а́спид (korállovyj áspid)
Etymology 2
[edit]Ancient Greek ἴασπις (íaspis, “jasper”). Doublet of яспис (jaspis).
Noun
[edit]а́спид • (áspid) m inan (genitive а́спида, nominative plural а́спиды, genitive plural а́спидов)
- black slate
- Synonyms: яшма (jašma), яспис (jaspis)
- а́спидная доска́ ― áspidnaja doská ― blackboard, slate
Declension
[edit]Declension of а́спид (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
References
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “аспид”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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