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Ukrainian
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from Ancient Greek κνῖσα (knîsa) (whence Greek τσίκνα (tsíkna)).
Pronunciation
Noun
книш • (knyš) m inan (genitive книша́, nominative plural книші́, genitive plural книші́в, diminutive кни́шик)
- knish
Declension
Declension of книш (inan semisoft masc-form accent-b)
Descendants
Further reading
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “книш”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “книш”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “книш”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “книш”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN