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Latin
Etymology
Of unknown origin. Possibly related to Proto-Slavic *paxati (sense 2) (“to plow”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pastinum n (genitive pastinī); second declension
- A kind of two-pronged dibble
- The action of hoeing
- A hoed soil or field
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Derived terms
References
- pastinum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “паха́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress