кунь

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Crimean Tatar

Noun

кунь (kün)

  1. Cyrillic spelling of kün

Ket

Etymology

From Proto-Yeniseian *kūń.

Noun

кунь (kuńm (plural куннь)

  1. wolverine

Old Ruthenian

кунь

Alternative forms

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

кунь (kunʹm inan (genitive конꙗ, nominative plural кони, genitive plural коней)

  1. Middle Ukrainian form of конь (konʹ)

Derived terms

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), volume 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 494
  • 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

Ukrainian

кунь prevalence in Ukraine

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian кунь (kunʹ), from конь (konʹ). Cognate with Carpathian Rusyn кӱнь (künʹ).

Pronunciation

Noun

кунь (kunʹm (genitive коня́, nominative plural ко́ні, genitive plural ко́ней)

  1. (dialectal) horse (animal)
    Synonym: кінь (kinʹ)