копейка

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Old Ruthenian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Russian копейка (kopejka). First attested in 1620

Noun

копе́йка • (kopéjka) f inan

  1. kopek, kopeck

Descendants

Further reading

  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (1996), “копейка, капейка”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 15 (катъ – коречный), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 297

Russian

50 kopeks in 1921.

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Etymology

From копе́йный (kopéjnyj) +‎ -ка (-ka), in the combination "копе́йная деньга́" ("kopéjnaja denʹgá"), from копьё (kopʹjó, “spear”) (from the image of a rider with a spear on the coins minted by Moscow after the capture of Novgorod in 1478).

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  • Hyphenation: ко‧пей‧ка
  • Rhymes: -ejkə

Noun

копе́йка • (kopéjka) f inan (genitive копе́йки, nominative plural копе́йки, genitive plural копе́ек, relational adjective копе́ечный, diminutive копе́ечка)

  1. kopek, kopeck; also copeck (one 100th of ruble, the monetary unit of Russia).
    Цена́ литро́вой буты́лки молока́ во 2-м ценово́м по́ясе Сове́тского Сою́за составля́ла 32 копе́йки, из кото́рых 15 копе́ек — зало́говая цена́ моло́чной буты́лки, кото́рая подлежа́ла возвра́ту в Минпищепро́м. Э́то означа́ет, что покупа́тель в ито́ге плати́л 17 копе́ек.
    Cená litróvoj butýlki moloká vo 2-m cenovóm pójase Sovétskovo Sojúza sostavljála 32 kopéjki, iz kotóryx 15 kopéjek — zalógovaja cená molóčnoj butýlki, kotóraja podležála vozvrátu v Minpiščepróm. Éto označájet, što pokupátelʹ v itóge platíl 17 kopéjek.
    The price of a liter bottle of milk in the 2nd price zone of the Soviet Union was 32 kopeks, of which 15 kopeks was the collateral price of the bottle, which was to be returned to the Ministry of Food Industry. This means that the buyer eventually paid 17 kopeks.

Declension

Declension of копе́йка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 
singular plural
nominative копе́йка
kopéjka 		копе́йки
kopéjki
genitive копе́йки
kopéjki 		копе́ек
kopéjek
dative копе́йке
kopéjke 		копе́йкам
kopéjkam
accusative копе́йку
kopéjku 		копе́йки
kopéjki
instrumental копе́йкой, копе́йкою
kopéjkoj, kopéjkoju 		копе́йками
kopéjkami
prepositional копе́йке
kopéjke 		копе́йках
kopéjkax

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “копейка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “копейка”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 427
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