пікнік

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Ukrainian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Pykniker, influenced by the physique typology proposed by German psychiatrist Ernst Kretschmer, from Ancient Greek πυκνός (puknós, thick, dense).

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Noun

пі́кнік (píknikm pers (genitive пі́кніка, nominative plural пі́кніки, genitive plural пі́кніків, relational adjective пі́кнічний)

  1. (anthropology) pyknic
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French pique-nique (possibly via English picnic).[1] Compare Russian пикни́к (pikník).

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Noun

пікні́к (pikníkm inan (genitive пікніка́, nominative plural пікніки́, genitive plural пікнікі́в, relational adjective пікніко́вий, diminutive пікнічо́к)

  1. picnic (a meal eaten outdoors)
Declension

References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “пікнік”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 41

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