лейтенант

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic لەيتەنانت
Cyrillic лейтенант
Latin leitenant

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian лейтена́нт (lejtenánt), from French lieutenant.

Noun

лейтенант (leitenant)

  1. (military) lieutenant

Declension

Russian

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Etymology

Possibly borrowed from German Leutenant (archaic form of Leutnant), from French lieutenant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
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  • Rhymes: -ant

Noun

лейтена́нт (lejtenántm anim (genitive лейтена́нта, nominative plural лейтена́нты, genitive plural лейтена́нтов)

  1. (military) lieutenant (military rank)
    Synonym: (historical) пору́чик (porúčik)

Declension

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References

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

Ukrainian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Russian лейтена́нт (lejtenánt), from German Leutenant (archaic form of Leutnant), from French lieutenant.

Pronunciation

Noun

лейтена́нт (lejtenántm pers (genitive лейтена́нта, nominative plural лейтена́нти, genitive plural лейтена́нтів, relational adjective лейтена́нтів or лейтена́нтський, diminutive лейтена́нтик)

  1. (military) lieutenant (military rank)

Declension

References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “лейтенант”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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