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Russian
Etymology
копы́то (kopýto) + -це (-ce)
Pronunciation
Noun
копы́тце • (kopýtce) n inan (genitive копы́тца, nominative plural копы́тца, genitive plural копы́тец)
- endearing diminutive of копы́то (kopýto)
1832, Николай Гоголь, Ночь перед Рождеством; English translation from George Tolstoy, transl., The Night of Christmas Eve, 1860:Мороз увеличился, и вверху так сделалось холодно, что чёрт перепрыгивал с одного копытца на другое и дул себе в кулак, желая сколько-нибудь отогреть мёрзнувшие руки.- Moroz uveličilsja, i vverxu tak sdelalosʹ xolodno, što čort pereprygival s odnovo kopytca na drugoje i dul sebe v kulak, želaja skolʹko-nibudʹ otogretʹ mjórznuvšije ruki.
- The frost increased, and it became so cold that the devil went hopping from one hoof to the other, and blowing his fingers to warm his benumbed hands.
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