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

Inflection

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. alternative form of камꙑ (kamy)

Declension

Declension of камень (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative камень
kamenĭ
камени
kameni
камение
kamenije
genitive камени
kameni
камению
kameniju
камении
kamenii
dative камени
kameni
каменьма
kamenĭma
каменьмъ
kamenĭmŭ
accusative камень
kamenĭ
камени
kameni
камени
kameni
instrumental каменьмь
kamenĭmĭ
каменьма
kamenĭma
каменьми
kamenĭmi
locative камени
kameni
камению
kameniju
каменьхъ
kamenĭxŭ
vocative камени
kameni
камени
kameni
камение
kamenije

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 (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1187

Pannonian Rusyn

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Declension

Declension of камень
singular plural
nominative камень (kamenʹ) каменє / каменї (kamenje / kamenji)
genitive каменя (kamenja) каменьох (kamenʹox)
dative каменю (kamenju) каменьом (kamenʹom)
accusative камень (kamenʹ) каменє / каменї (kamenje / kamenji)
instrumental каменьом (kamenʹom) каменями (kamenjami)
locative каменю (kamenju) каменьох (kamenʹox)
vocative каменю (kamenju) каменє / каменї (kamenje / kamenji)

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References

Russian

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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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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “камень”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “камень”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 372
  • Shansky, N. M., editor (1982), “камень”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), volume 2, number 8 (К), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 36
  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “камень”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
  • Krylov, G. A. (2004) “камень”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Victory, →ISBN
  • Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “камень”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 165
  • Semjonov, A. V. (2003) “камень”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка (Русский язык от А до Я) (in Russian), Moscow: Junves, →ISBN
  • Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “камень”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка (in Russian), volumes 1: (А – Начальство), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 373

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