копыто

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Russian

копыто

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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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)

Declension

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “копыто”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Further reading

  • копыто in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru