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Russian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σπονδεῖος (spondeîos, “associated with a libation”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (phonetic respelling: спондэ́й)
Noun
спонде́й • (spondéj) m inan (genitive спонде́я, nominative plural спонде́и, genitive plural спонде́ев)
- spondee
Declension
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References
- Shvedova, Natalia, editor (2011), “спонде́й”, in Толковый словарь русского языка с включением сведений о происхождении слов (in Russian), Moscow: Azbukovnik, page 929