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Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic мишень (mišenĭ, “stamp, round plate, sign, tag”), from Turkic. Compare Turkish nişan.
Pronunciation
Noun
міше́нь • (mišénʹ) f inan (genitive міше́ні, nominative plural міше́ні, genitive plural міше́ней)
- target, butt, mark (intended destination for a projectile)
- (figurative) target (of attacks, hostility, mockery, persecution etc.)
Declension
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “мішень”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2017), “мішень”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 8 (л – мішу́рний), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- “мішень”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “мішень”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “мішень”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)