камень

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Belarusian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic камень (kamenĭ), accusative of камꙑ (kamy), from Proto-Slavic *kamy.

Pronunciation

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Noun

ка́мень • (kámjenʹ) m inan (genitive ка́меня, nominative plural камяні́, genitive plural камянёў)

  1. stone

Inflection

Declension of ка́мень (inan soft masc-form accent-c)
singular plural
nominative ка́мень
kámjenʹ 		камяні́
kamjaní
genitive ка́меня
kámjenja 		камянёў
kamjanjóŭ
dative ка́меню
kámjenju 		камяня́м
kamjanjám
accusative ка́мень
kámjenʹ 		камяні́
kamjaní
instrumental ка́менем
kámjenjem 		камяня́мі
kamjanjámi
locative ка́мені
kámjeni 		камяня́х
kamjanjáx
count form — ка́мені1
kámjeni1

1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

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

Old East Slavic

Etymology

Originally the accusative of камꙑ (kamy), reanalysed as a nominative in later texts.

Pronunciation

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈkɑmɛnɪ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈkamʲɛnʲɪ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈkamʲɛːnʲ/
  • Hyphenation: ка‧ме‧нь

Noun

камень (kamenĭ) m

  1. Synonym of камꙑ (kamy)

Declension

Declension of камень (i-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative камень
kamenĭ 		камени
kameni 		камение
kamenie
Genitive камени
kameni 		камению
kameniju 		камении
kamenii
Dative камени
kameni 		каменьма
kamenĭma 		каменьмъ
kamenĭmŭ
Accusative камень
kamenĭ 		камени
kameni 		камени
kameni
Instrumental каменьмь
kamenĭmĭ 		каменьма
kamenĭma 		каменьми
kamenĭmi
Locative камени
kameni 		камению
kameniju 		каменьхъ
kamenĭxŭ
Vocative камени
kameni 		камени
kameni 		камение
kamenie

Descendants

Noun

камень (kamenĭ)

  1. accusative singular of камꙑ (kamy)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “камꙑ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1187

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic камень (kamenĭ), accusative of камꙑ (kamy), from Proto-Slavic *kamy.

Pronunciation

Noun

ка́мень • (kámenʹ) m inan (genitive ка́мня, nominative plural ка́мни or каме́нья**, genitive plural камне́й or ка́мней* or каме́ньев**, relational adjective ка́менный, diminutive ка́мешек or ка́мушек, augmentative каменю́ка or каменю́га) (* Poetic.) (** Antiquated.)

  1. stone, rock
  2. (medicine) calculus, stone
  3. (figuratively) weight
  4. cliff
  5. (computing slang) processor
  6. (horology) jewel (analog watch)

Declension

Declension of ка́мень (inan masc-form soft-stem accent-e/a reduc irreg) 
singular plural
nominative ка́мень
kámenʹ 		ка́мни, каме́нья△**
kámni, kaménʹja△**
genitive ка́мня
kámnja 		камне́й, ка́мней*, каме́ньев△**
kamnéj, kámnej*, kaménʹjev△**
dative ка́мню
kámnju 		камня́м, ка́мням*, каме́ньям△**
kamnjám, kámnjam*, kaménʹjam△**
accusative ка́мень
kámenʹ 		ка́мни, каме́нья△**
kámni, kaménʹja△**
instrumental ка́мнем
kámnem 		камня́ми, ка́мнями*, каме́ньями△**
kamnjámi, kámnjami*, kaménʹjami△**
prepositional ка́мне
kámne 		камня́х, ка́мнях*, каме́ньях△**
kamnjáx, kámnjax*, kaménʹjax△**

△ Irregular.
* Poetic.
** Antiquated.

Pre-reform declension of ка́мень (inan masc-form soft-stem accent-e/a reduc irreg) 
singular plural
nominative ка́мень
kámenʹ 		ка́мни, каме́нья△**
kámni, kaménʹja△**
genitive ка́мня
kámnja 		камне́й, ка́мней*, каме́ньевъ△**
kamnéj, kámnej*, kaménʹjev△**
dative ка́мню
kámnju 		камня́мъ, ка́мнямъ*, каме́ньямъ△**
kamnjám, kámnjam*, kaménʹjam△**
accusative ка́мень
kámenʹ 		ка́мни, каме́нья△**
kámni, kaménʹja△**
instrumental ка́мнемъ
kámnem 		камня́ми, ка́мнями*, каме́ньями△**
kamnjámi, kámnjami*, kaménʹjami△**
prepositional ка́мнѣ
kámně 		камня́хъ, ка́мняхъ*, каме́ньяхъ△**
kamnjáx, kámnjax*, kaménʹjax△**

△ Irregular.
* Poetic.
** Antiquated.

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