кипяток

Russian

Etymology

кипяти́ть (kipjatítʹ) +‎ -о́к (-ók)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʲɪpʲɪˈtok]

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Noun

кипято́к • (kipjatók) m inan (genitive кипятка́, nominative plural кипятки́, genitive plural кипятко́в)

1. boiling water

   P. Yershov, The Humpback Horse :

   Я кончаюсь, Горбунок: Царь велит мне в кипяток!

   Ja končajusʹ, Gorbunok: Carʹ velit mne v kipjatok!

   I'm going to be ended, Humpback: The king orders me [to dive] into boiling water!

   Перепел падал, как ошпаренный кипятком.

   Perepel padal, kak ošparennyj kipjatkom.

   The quail fell down as if scalded with boiling water.

2. (specifically) hot water served as a hot beverage
3. (rare, colloquial) water that was boiled and then cooled to room temperature
4. (colloquial) a hot-tempered person

Declension

Declension of кипято́к (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-b reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	кипято́к kipjatók	кипятки́ kipjatkí
genitive	кипятка́ kipjatká	кипятко́в kipjatkóv
dative	кипятку́ kipjatkú	кипятка́м kipjatkám
accusative	кипято́к kipjatók	кипятки́ kipjatkí
instrumental	кипятко́м kipjatkóm	кипятка́ми kipjatkámi
prepositional	кипятке́ kipjatké	кипятка́х kipjatkáx
partitive	кипятку́ kipjatkú

Translations

hot water served as a hot beverage

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• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白茶 (zh) (báichá)