запятая

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Etymology

From за- (za-) +‎ пять (pjatʹ) +‎ -ая (-aja), from Proto-Slavic *pęti (to stretch, to tie/fix together).

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Noun

запята́я (zapjatájaf inan (genitive запято́й, nominative plural запяты́е, genitive plural запяты́х)

  1. comma (punctuation)
    Hypernym: знак препина́ния (znak prepinánija)
    • 1987, Эдуард Лимонов , Коньяк «Наполеон»; English translation from (Please provide a date or year):
      Льво́вский дал мне уче́бник грамма́тики, и я не́сколько вечеро́в пыта́лся вы́яснить для себя́ приро́ду запяты́х, но то́лько ещё бо́льше запу́тался.
      Lʹvóvskij dal mne učébnik grammátiki, i ja néskolʹko večeróv pytálsja výjasnitʹ dlja sebjá priródu zapjatýx, no tólʹko ješčó bólʹše zapútalsja.
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  2. decimal point
  3. hitch, fix

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  • Bulgarian: запетая (zapetaja)

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