спина

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish spina, from Latin spīna.

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Noun

спина́ (spináf inan (genitive спины́, nominative plural спи́ны, genitive plural спин, relational adjective спинно́й, diminutive спи́нка)

  1. back, the rear of the torso
    • 1905, Фёдор Сологуб , chapter XVIII, in Мелкий бес; English translation from John Cournos and Richard Aldington, transl., The Little Demon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916:
      — А, тира́н! — взви́згнула Ю́лия, подскочи́ла к му́жу, уда́рила его́ кулако́м в спи́ну и поры́висто бро́силась из гости́ной.
      — A, tirán! — vzvízgnula Júlija, podskočíla k múžu, udárila jevó kulakóm v spínu i porývisto brósilasʹ iz gostínoj.
      " Oh, you tyrant ! " screamed Julia, and running up to her husband hit him with her fist on the back and ran impetuously out of the drawing-room.
  2. (by extension) the back of a piece of furniture etc.
  3. (obsolete) spine, backbone
    Synonyms: позвоно́чник (pozvonóčnik), хребе́т (xrebét)

Declension

References

  • Miklosich, Franz (1886) Etymologisches Wörterbuch der slavischen Sprachen (in German), Vienna: Wilhelm Braumüller, page 318
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “спина́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Krysko, V. B., editor (2006), “спина”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. (in Russian), issue 27 (спасъ – старицынъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 32

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Polish spina, from Latin spīna.

Pronunciation

Noun

спи́на (spýnaf inan (genitive спи́ни, nominative plural спи́ни, genitive plural спин)

  1. back, the rear of the torso

Declension

Declension of спи́на
(inan hard fem-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative спи́на
spýna
спи́ни
spýny
genitive спи́ни
spýny
спин
spyn
dative спи́ні
spýni
спи́нам
spýnam
accusative спи́ну
spýnu
спи́ни
spýny
instrumental спи́ною
spýnoju
спи́нами
spýnamy
locative спи́ні
spýni
спи́нах
spýnax
vocative спи́но
spýno
спи́ни
spýny

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