скопец

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Macedonian

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Noun

скопец (skopecm

  1. Alternative form of скопак (skopak)

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic скопьць (skopĭcĭ), from Proto-Slavic *skopьcь, from *skopiti (to castrate).

Pronunciation

Noun

скопе́ц (skopécm anim (genitive скопца́, nominative plural скопцы́, genitive plural скопцо́в)

  1. eunuch
  2. (figuratively, derogatory) cold, passionless man
  3. (Christianity) skopets, a member of a Russian religious eunuch movement practising self-castration
    • 1966/2018, Y. Mamleev, The Sublimes/Shatuny (English-Russian edition):
      Сам Михей к секте относился иронически, считая скопцов не «белыми голубями», как они себя называли, а воробышками
      Sam Mixej k sekte otnosilsja ironičeski, sčitaja skopcov ne «belymi golubjami», kak oni sebja nazyvali, a vorobyškami
      Mikhei himself regarded the sect ironically, considering the eunuchs not “white doves,” as they called themselves, but little sparrows

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