камень

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Belarusian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic камень (kamenĭ), accusative of камꙑ (kamy), from Proto-Slavic *kamy.

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Noun

ка́мень (kámjenʹm inan (genitive ка́меня, nominative plural камяні́, genitive plural камянёў)

  1. stone

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References

  • камень” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Old East Slavic

Etymology

Originally the accusative of камꙑ (kamy), reanalysed as a nominative in later texts.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑmɛnɪ//ˈkamʲɛnʲɪ//ˈkamʲɛːnʲ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈkɑmɛnɪ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈkamʲɛnʲɪ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈkamʲɛːnʲ/

  • Hyphenation: ка‧ме‧нь

Noun

камень (kamenĭm

  1. Synonym of камꙑ (kamy)

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Noun

камень (kamenĭ)

  1. accusative singular of камꙑ (kamy)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “камꙑ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1187

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak kameň, from Proto-Slavic *kamy.

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Noun

камень (kamenʹm inan (diminutive каменьче or каменьчок, related adjective каменьов or камени)

  1. stone
    фундаментни каменьfundamentni kamenʹcornerstone (literally, “foundational stone”)
    камень спотиканяkamenʹ spotikanjastumbling stone, stumbling block
  2. millstone, grindstone
    Synonym: млїнски камень (mljinski kamenʹ)
  3. milepost (mark, usually on roads and intersections, that shows the distance between individual places)
  4. cliff

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic камень (kamenĭ), accusative of камꙑ (kamy), from Proto-Slavic *kamy.

Pronunciation

Noun

ка́мень (kámenʹm inan (genitive ка́мня, nominative plural ка́мни or каме́нья**, genitive plural камне́й or ка́мней* or каме́ньев**, relational adjective ка́менный, diminutive ка́мешек or ка́мушек, augmentative каменю́ка or каменю́га) (* Poetic.) (** Antiquated.)

  1. stone, rock
  2. (medicine) calculus, stone
  3. (figuratively) weight
  4. cliff
  5. (computing slang) processor
  6. (horology) jewel (analog watch)

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