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Macedonian
Pronunciation
Noun
скопец • (skopec) m
- Alternative form of скопак (skopak)
Declension
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic скопьць (skopĭcĭ), from Proto-Slavic *skopьcь, from *skopiti (“to castrate”).
Pronunciation
Noun
скопе́ц • (skopéc) m anim (genitive скопца́, nominative plural скопцы́, genitive plural скопцо́в)
- eunuch
- (figuratively, derogatory) cold, passionless man
- (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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