кий

• IPA^(key):

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kyjь.

кий • (kij) m (obsolete)

1. prong, tine (pointy tip of a weapon or a tool)

   За какъв кий е това? (idiom)

   Za kakǎv kij e tova?

   For what sake is this? / What is the point of this?

2. pointy tool, stick, rode

• млат (mlat, “bulgy tip of a tool”)
• топу́з (topúz, “mace, head of a weapon”)
• тък (tǎk, “pointy tip”) (in general)

• ки́вам (kívam, “to swing, to wink”)
• ки́дам (kídam, “to toss, to shoot a projectile”)

• Nayden Gerov (1897) “кꙑ́ꙗкъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 442
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кий”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 355

Borrowed from Russian кий (kij), genetically cognate with Etymology 1, but semantically influenced by French queue (whence also English cue).

кий • (kij) m

1. (in cuesports) cue of a tapering stick

• ще́ка (štéka, “cue stick”)

• “кий”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

кий (kij) (plural кийэʼн, locative singular кийэнк)

1. river

   Потом кий тмалк. А кийэнк ныйныԓ нәњчэ’н.

   Also the river was near. There were many fish in the river.

• E. Kasten, M. Dürr (2015). Itelmen texts : a preliminary linguistic analysis
• M. Dürr, M. Risler, D. Kester, M. Krauss, A. Volodin, E. Kasten, K. Khaloymova, J. Bobalik, Ch. Ono (2021). Полный ительменско-русский словарь

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кий

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• кій (kij) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kyjь.

• IPA^(key):

кий • (kij) m inan (genitive ки́я or кия́, nominative plural кии́, genitive plural киёв)

1. (dated) stick

   Synonym: па́лка (pálka)

2. cue (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
   • 1924, Михаил Булгаков [Mikhail Bulgakov], “XI. Парфорсное кино и бездна”, in Дьяволиада; English translation from K. M. Cook-Horujy, transl., Diaboliad, Moscow: Raduga Publishers, 1990:

     Сло́вно по сигна́лу, игроки́ поброса́ли кии́ и гусько́м, топоча́, ки́нулись в боковы́е две́ри.

     Slóvno po signálu, igrokí pobrosáli kií i gusʹkóm, topočá, kínulisʹ v bokovýje dvéri.

     As if in response to a signal, the players flung down their cues and scrambled hurriedly through the side door with a clatter.

• → Yakut: кий (kiy)

From Proto-Slavic *kyjь.

• IPA^(key):

кий • (kyj) m inan (genitive ки́я, nominative plural ки́ї, genitive plural ки́їв)

1. stick

   Synonyms: па́лиця (pálycja), па́лка (pálka)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “кий”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “кий”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)

Borrowed from Russian кий (kij).

кий • (kiy)

1. (billiards) (and related games) cue