кон

See also: көн, коњ, and Appendix:Variations of "kon"

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *koňь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɔn]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

кон • (kon) m (feminine коби́ла, relational adjective ко́нен or ко́нски, diminutive ко́нче)

1. horse, steed
2. (chess) knight (chess piece)

Declension

Declension of кон

	singular	plural
indefinite	кон kon	коне́, ко́ни1, кони́1, ко́ньове1, коньо́ве1 koné, kóni1, koní1, kónjove1, konjóve1
definite (subject form)	ко́нят kónjat	коне́те, ко́ните1, кони́те1, ко́ньовете1, коньо́вете1 konéte, kónite1, koníte1, kónjovete1, konjóvete1
definite (object form)	ко́ня kónja
count form	—	ко́ня kónja
vocative form	ко́ню kónju	коне́, ко́ни1, кони́1, ко́ньове1, коньо́ве1 koné, kóni1, koní1, kónjove1, konjóve1

¹Dialectal.

Derived terms

• коня́р (konjár, “horse herder”)
• коневъ́д (konevǎ́d, “horse breader”)
• ко́нник (kónnik, “knight”)
• ко́нница (kónnica, “cavalry”)
• конюшня́ (konjušnjá, “stable”)

See also

Chess pieces in Bulgarian · шахматни фигури (šahmatni figuri) (layout · text)
цар (car)	царица (carica)	топ (top)	офицер (oficer)	кон (kon)	пешка (peška)

References

• “кон”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “кон”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъ(n).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔn

Preposition

кон • (kon)

1. towards, to

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic конъ (konŭ, “limit”), from Proto-Slavic *konъ (“beginning; end”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kon]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -on

Noun

кон • (kon) m inan (genitive ко́на, nominative plural коны́, genitive plural коно́в)

1. gambling bank, kitty

   поста́вить на кон ― postávitʹ na kon ― to place one's stake, to put one's money in

2. game, round

Declension

Declension of кон (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-c) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ко́н kón	коны́ koný
genitive	ко́на kóna	коно́в konóv
dative	ко́ну kónu	кона́м konám
accusative	ко́н kón	коны́ koný
instrumental	ко́ном kónom	кона́ми konámi
prepositional	ко́не kóne	кона́х konáx
locative	кону́ konú

Derived terms

• искони́ (iskoní), иско́нный (iskónnyj)
• коне́ц (konéc), коне́чный (konéčnyj)

Related terms

• испоко́н (ispokón) / споко́н (spokón)
• поста́вить на кон (postávitʹ na kon)