хвост

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Belarusian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *xvostъ. Cognate with Russian хвост (xvost).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [xvost]
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Noun

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хвост (xvostm inan (genitive хваста́, nominative plural хвасты́, genitive plural хвасто́ў)

  1. tail

Inflection

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References

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  • хвост” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Russian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xvostъ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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хвост (xvostm inan (genitive хвоста́, nominative plural хвосты́, genitive plural хвосто́в, relational adjective хвостово́й, diminutive хво́стик)

  1. tail
    • 1862, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “Глава 16”, in Отцы и дети; English translation from Richard Hare, transl., Fathers and Sons, 1947:
      Борза́я соба́ка, и́мя кото́рой бы́ло Фифи, подошла́, маха́я хвосто́м, поочерёдно к обо́им гостя́м и ткну́ла ка́ждого из них свои́м холо́дным но́сом в ру́ку.
      Borzája sobáka, ímja kotóroj býlo Fifi, podošlá, maxája xvostóm, poočerjódno k obóim gostjám i tknúla káždovo iz nix svoím xolódnym nósom v rúku.
      The wolfhound, whose name was Fifi, went up to both visitors in turn, wagging its tail and thrusting its cold nose into their hands.
  2. queue
  3. (university slang) academic arrears, backlog
    Synonym: академи́ческая задо́лженность (akademíčeskaja zadólžennostʹ)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Esperanto: vosto

References

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