копыто

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копыто

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kopyto, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoph₂ós.

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Noun

копы́то (kopýton inan (genitive копы́та, nominative plural копы́та, genitive plural копы́т, relational adjective копы́тный, diminutive копы́тце)

  1. hoof (foot of an animal)
    Holonym: нога́ (nogá)
    • 1859, Иван Тургенев , “Глава II”, in Дворянское гнездо; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., A House of Gentlefolk, 1917:
      Послы́шался то́пот копы́т, и стро́йный вса́дник на краси́вом гнедо́м коне́ показа́лся на у́лице и останови́лся пе́ред раскры́тым окно́м.
      Poslýšalsja tópot kopýt, i strójnyj vsádnik na krasívom gnedóm koné pokazálsja na úlice i ostanovílsja péred raskrýtym oknóm.
      The sound of hoofs was heard; and a graceful young man, riding a beautiful bay horse, was seen in the street, and stopped at the open window.

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “копыто”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Shansky, N. M., editor (1982), “копыто”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), volume 2, number 8 (К), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 307
  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “копыто”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
  • Krylov, G. A. (2004) “копыто”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Victory, →ISBN
  • Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “копыто”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка (in Russian), volumes 1: (А – Начальство), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 425

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