пядь

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Etymology

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From Old East Slavic пядь (pjadĭ), from Proto-Slavic *pędь. Cognate to Ukrainian п'ядь (pʺjadʹ), Old Church Slavonic пѧдь (pędĭ), Czech píď, Slovak piaď, Polish piędź, Upper Sorbian pjedź, Lower Sorbian pěź, Serbo-Croatian pȇd, Slovene ре̣̑d. Related to пнуть (pnutʹ).

Pronunciation

Noun

пядь (pjadʹf inan (genitive пя́ди, nominative plural пя́ди, genitive plural пяде́й or пя́дей)

  1. (historical) span (Old Russian unit of length corresponding to the distance between the spaced ends of the thumb and index fingers, seven inches, 17.78 cm)
  2. (archaic) small area of land
  3. (archaic) hand
  4. (archaic) sole of the foot, foot

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