кайдани

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic кайданы (kajdany, shackles), probably mediated via some Turkic language from Arabic قَيْدَان (qaydān), the dual form of قَيْد (qayd). Compare Russian кандалы́ (kandalý) from the same source.

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кайда́ни (kajdánym inan pl (genitive кайда́нів, plural only, relational adjective кайда́новий or кайда́нний)

  1. (literally and figuratively) shackles, manacles, fetters, gyves, irons
    Synonyms: око́ви (okóvy), пу́та (púta), пу́то (púto), нару́чники (narúčnyky), зако́ви (zakóvy), залі́за (zalíza), ре́тязі (rétjazi), вери́ги (verýhy)

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