конец

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Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *konьcь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • (file)

Noun

коне́ц (konécm

  1. thread
  2. (medicine) catgut

Declension

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *konьcь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ко‧нец

Noun

конец (konecm (plural конци, relational adjective кончен, diminutive конче, augmentative кончиште)

  1. thread (long, thin and flexible form of material)

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Noun

конец (konecm (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) end
    Synonyms: крај (kraj), (archaic) скончило (skončilo)
  2. (archaic, figurative) death
    Synonyms: смрт (smrt), (archaic) кончина (končina), (archaic) скончило (skončilo), (archaic) скончание (skončanie)

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References

  • конец” in Официјален дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Oficijalen digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − makedonski.gov.mk (in Macedonian)
  • конец” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic коньць (konĭcĭ, end; edge, border), from Proto-Slavic *konьcь (end), from *konъ (beginning; end) +‎ *-ьcь, from *čęti (to begin).

Pronunciation

Noun

коне́ц (konécm inan (genitive конца́, nominative plural концы́, genitive plural концо́в, relational adjective коне́чный, diminutive ко́нчик)

  1. end
    Antonym: нача́ло (načálo)
  2. ending, close, termination
  3. death
  4. (familiar) distance, way
  5. (anatomy, colloquial) male sex organ
  6. (nautical) rope
  7. (historical) borough (in medieval Novgorod)

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “конец”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “коньць”, 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 1273