конь

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See also: коњ

Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian конь (konʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • (file)

Noun

конь (konʹm animal (genitive каня́, nominative plural ко́ні, genitive plural ко́ней)

  1. horse

Declension

See also

Chess pieces in Belarusian · ша́хматныя фігу́ры (šáxmatnyja fihúry) (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
каро́ль (karólʹ) ферзь (fjerzʹ) ладдзя́ (laddzjá) слон (slon) конь (konʹ) пе́шка (pjéška)

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *konь.

Noun

конь (konĭm

  1. beginning
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

конь

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kòňь.

Noun

кон҄ь (konʹĭm

  1. horse
Declension

Old East Slavic

Конь.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kòňь. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic конь (konĭ) and Old Polish kóń.

Pronunciation

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈkoːnʲɪ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈkoːnʲɪ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈkɔːnʲ/, /ˈkoːnʲ/
  • Hyphenation: ко‧нь

Noun

конь (konĭm (related adjective коньнъ or коньскъ)

  1. horse
    • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik, page 3:
      рекоу же· оуꙁда коневи правитель ѥсть и въꙁдьржаниѥ·
      reku že· uzda konevi pravitelĭ jestĭ i vŭzdĭržanije·
      But I say: A bridle is a leader to a horse and a restriction.

Declension

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Synonyms

Descendants

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “конь”, 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 110

Old Ruthenian

конь

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic конь (konĭ), from Proto-Slavic *kòňь. Cognate with Russian конь (konʹ), Old Novgorodian коне (kone), Old Church Slavonic кон҄ь (konʹĭ) and Old Polish kóń.

Noun

конь (konʹm inan

  1. horse (animal)
    подъ нимъ конь сивъ, а другий конь на поводеpod nim konʹ siv, a druhij konʹ na povode(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    за конꙗ албо за кобылу три рꙋбли грошеⸯza konja albo za kobylu tri rubli hrošej(please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

Further reading

  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “конь, kon”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 494
  • Voitiv, H. V., editor (2008), “конъ; конь”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 14 (к – конъюрация), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 252
  • Chikalo, M. I., editor (2010), “конь, кунъ”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 15 (конь – легковѣрны), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 3
  • Chikalo, M. I., editor (2010), “кунь; конь”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 15 (конь – легковѣрны), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 182
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    Bulyka, A. M., editor (1996), “конь”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 15 (катъ – коречный), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 288

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic конь (konĭ), from Proto-Slavic *kòňь.

Pronunciation

Noun

конь (konʹm anim (genitive коня́, nominative plural ко́ни, genitive plural коне́й, relational adjective ко́нный or ко́нский, diminutive конёк or ко́ник)

  1. horse; male horse
    Synonyms: ло́шадь (lóšadʹ), кобы́ла (kobýla), рыса́к (rysák), скаку́н (skakún), кля́ча (kljáča), си́вка (sívka)
    Конь ски́нул седока́.Konʹ skínul sedoká.The horse threw off its rider.
  2. (poetic) steed
  3. (gymnastics) horse
  4. (chess) knight (Russian abbreviation: К)

Usage notes

Although конь (konʹ) is sometimes used to refer to a horse of any gender, it has a masculine and noble ring to it, unlike the stylistically neutral ло́шадь (lóšadʹ).

Declension

Related terms

See also

Chess pieces in Russian · ша́хматные фигу́ры (šáxmatnyje figúry) (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
коро́ль (korólʹ) ферзь (ferzʹ) ладья́ (ladʹjá) слон (slon) конь (konʹ) пе́шка (péška)