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Russian
Etymology
кипяти́ть (kipjatítʹ) + -о́к (-ók)
Pronunciation
Noun
кипято́к • (kipjatók) m inan (genitive кипятка́, nominative plural кипятки́, genitive plural кипятко́в)
- boiling water
Перепел падал, как ошпаренный кипятком.- Perepel padal, kak ošparennyj kipjatkom.
- The quail fell down as if scalded with 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 into boiling water!
- (specifically) hot water served as a hot beverage
- (rare, colloquial) water that was boiled and then cooled to room temperature, as for example to make nonpotable tapwater be potable.
- (colloquial) a hot-tempered person
Declension