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кит

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See also: кіт, кит., and kit

Avar

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian кит (kit).

Noun

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кит (kit)

  1. whale

Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos), of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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кит (kitm

  1. (countable) whale (mammal)
  2. (uncountable) putty, mastic
    Synonym: маджун (madžun)

Declension

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Declension of кит
singular plural
indefinite кит
kit
ки́тове
kítove
definite
(subject form)
ки́тът
kítǎt
ки́товете
kítovete
definite
(object form)
ки́та
kíta
count form ки́та
kíta
vocative form ки́те
kíte
ки́тове
kítove

Anagrams

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Kazakh

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Alternative scripts
Arabic كيت
Cyrillic кит
Latin kit

Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian кит (kit), from Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos).

Noun

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кит (kit)

  1. whale

Declension

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Declension of кит
singular plural
nominative кит (kit) киттер (kitter)
genitive киттің (kittıñ) киттердің (kitterdıñ)
dative китке (kitke) киттерге (kitterge)
accusative китті (kittı) киттерді (kitterdı)
locative китте (kitte) киттерде (kitterde)
ablative киттен (kitten) киттерден (kitterden)
instrumental китпен (kitpen) киттермен (kittermen)
similative киттей (kittei) киттердей (kitterdei)

Ket

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *kʰitʲ (flesh (body, carcass)).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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кит (kīdn (no plural)

  1. meat (of game, usually gutted); flesh, body
Usage notes
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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *kʰit (to smear, spread, rub, infinitive verb).[3][4]

The action nominal sense can alternatively be traced back into Proto-Ketic *kiˀʌtʌ (to roll, infinitive verb).[5]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /⁴kit/, [kit˥˩] [Action nominal]
  • IPA(key): /…kit/, […ɡit] ~ […ɣit] [Finite verb]

Verb

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кит ~ -гит (kìt, [n²]-kit⁰) (action nominal, conjugation class I or IV)

  1. rolling, the act of rolling [Action nominal]
  2. (intransitive, telic) subject rubs, anoints, moves along a surface [Conjugation class I]
  3. (intransitive, telic) subject swims (said only of fish) [Conjugation class IV]

References

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  1. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=397&root=config
  2. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 404
  3. ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=329&root=config
  4. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 404
  5. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 407

Further reading

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  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 430, 436
  • Vajda, Edward J.; Zinn, Marina (2004), Kotorova, Elizaveta G., editor, Морфологический словарь кетского глагола (in Russian), Tomsk: Томского государственного педагогического университет (TGPU), page 167
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, pages 230-231, 233, 557

Macedonian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos), of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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кит (kitm

  1. whale
  2. putty

Declension

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Declension of кит
singular plural
indefinite кит (kit) китови (kitovi)
definite unspecified китот (kitot) китовите (kitovite)
definite proximal китов (kitov) китовиве (kitovive)
definite distal китон (kiton) китовине (kitovine)
vocative киту (kitu) китови (kitovi)
count form кита (kita)

Moksha

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Noun

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кит (kit)

  1. indefinite plural nominative of ки (ki); roads
    • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 135
      ки, — дорога
      ki , -t — doroga
      road, -s — road [in Russian]

Pronoun

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кит (kit)

  1. indefinite plural nominative of кие (kije); who [pl.]
    • O. Je. Poljakov (1995) Učimsja govoritʹ po-mokšanski [Let's learn to speak Moksha], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 4
      Кит молихть?
      Kit molihť?
      Who [pl.] is going?

Northern Mansi

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Northern Mansi numbers (edit)
20
[a], [b] ←  1 2 3  → 
    Cardinal: китыг (kityg), кит (kit)
    Ordinal: китыт (kityt)
    A.o.: китсёс (kitsës)
    Adverbial: китпис (kitpis)
    Multiplier: китписыӈ (kitpisyň)
    Distributive: китгыл (kitgyl)
    Number of people: китан (kitan)

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Uralic *käktä.[1]

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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кит (kit)(Sosva, Ob, Upper Lozva)

  1. two (only as counter)

References

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  1. ^ Entry #227 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Afanasʹjeva, K. V.; Sobjanina, S. A. (2012), “кит”, in Školʹnyj mansijsko-russkij slovarʹ [Mansi-Russian school dictionary], Khanty-Mansiysk: RIO IRO

Russian

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic китъ (kitŭ), from Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos).

Noun

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кит (kitm anim (genitive кита́, nominative plural киты́, genitive plural кито́в, relational adjective кито́вый)

  1. whale
Declension
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Compound words:

Compounds:

Descendants
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  • Azerbaijani: kit
  • Bezhta: кит (kit)
  • Ingrian: kiitta
  • Kazakh: кит (kit)
  • Kyrgyz: кит (kit)
  • Tatar: кит (kit)
  • Turkmen: kit
  • Uyghur: كىت (kit)
  • Uzbek: kit

Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Noun

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кит (kitf inan pl

  1. genitive plural of ки́та (kíta)

Etymology 3

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Abbreviation of Китай (Kitaj) or китаец (kitajec).

Noun

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кит (kitm anim (genitive ки́та, nominative plural ки́ты, genitive plural ки́тов)

  1. (Russian Far East) a male Chinese person
  2. (university slang) the Chinese language
Declension
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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos).

Noun

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ки̏т m anim (Latin spelling kȉt)

  1. whale

Declension

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Declension of кит
singular plural
nominative ки̏т кѝтови
genitive кита китова
dative киту китовима
accusative кита китове
vocative ките китови
locative киту китовима
instrumental китом китовима

Further reading

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  • кит”, in Raskovnik [Dictionary portal Raskovnik of the Institute for the Serbian Language, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts] (in Serbo-Croatian), http://raskovnik.org, 2015–2026

Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Ruthenian китъ (kit).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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кит (kytm animal (genitive кита́, nominative plural кити́, genitive plural киті́в)

  1. whale

Declension

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Declension of кит
(animal hard masc-form accent-b)
singular plural
nominative кит
kyt
кити́
kytý
genitive кита́
kytá
киті́в
kytív
dative кито́ві, киту́
kytóvi, kytú
кита́м
kytám
accusative кита́
kytá
кити́, киті́в
kytý, kytív
instrumental кито́м
kytóm
кита́ми
kytámy
locative кито́ві, киті́
kytóvi, kytí
кита́х
kytáx
vocative ки́те
kýte
кити́
kytý

References

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