кит

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See also: кіт, кит., and kit

Avar

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian кит (kit).

Noun

кит (kit)

  1. whale

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos), of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

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Noun

кит (kitm

  1. (countable) whale (mammal)
  2. (uncountable) putty, mastic
    Synonym: маджун (madžun)

Declension

Anagrams

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic كيت
Cyrillic кит
Latin kit

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian кит (kit), from Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos).

Noun

кит (kit)

  1. whale

Declension

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos), of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

Noun

кит (kitm

  1. whale
  2. putty

Declension

Moksha

Noun

кит (kit)

  1. indefinite plural nominative of ки (ki); roads
    • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik , Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 135
      ки, — дорога
      ki , -t — doroga
      road, -s — road

Pronoun

кит (kit)

  1. indefinite plural nominative of кие (kije); who
    • O. Je. Poljakov (1995) Učimsja govoritʹ po-mokšanski , Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 4
      Кит молихть?
      Kit moľihť?
      Who is going?

Northern Mansi

Northern Mansi numbers (edit)
20
[a], [b] ←  1 2 3  → 
    Cardinal: китыг (kityg), кит (kit)
    Ordinal: китыт (kityt)
    A.o.: китсёс (kitsës)
    Adverbial: китпис (kitpis)
    Multiplier: китписыӈ (kitpisyň)
    Distributive: китгыл (kitgyl)
    Number of people: китан (kitan)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *käktä.[1]

Pronunciation

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Numeral

кит (kit)(Sosva, Ob, Upper Lozva)

  1. two (only as counter)

References

  1. ^ Entry #227 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Afanasʹjeva, K. V., Sobjanina, S. A. (2012) “кит”, in Školʹnyj mansijsko-russkij slovarʹ, Khanty-Mansiysk: RIO IRO

Russian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic китъ (kitŭ), from Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos).

Noun

кит (kitm anim (genitive кита́, nominative plural киты́, genitive plural кито́в, relational adjective кито́вый)

  1. whale
Declension
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: kit
  • Bezhta: кит (kit)
  • Ingrian: kiitta
  • Kazakh: кит (kit)
  • Kyrgyz: кит (kit)
  • Tatar: кит (kit)
  • Turkmen: kit
  • Uyghur: كىت (kit)
  • Uzbek: kit

Etymology 2

Noun

кит (kitf inan pl

  1. genitive plural of ки́та (kíta)

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of Китай (Kitaj) or китаец (kitajec).

Noun

кит (kitm anim (genitive ки́та, nominative plural ки́ты, genitive plural ки́тов)

  1. (Russian Far East) a male Chinese person
  2. (university slang) the Chinese language
Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Serbian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sr

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos).

Noun

ки̏т m (Latin spelling kȉt)

  1. whale

Declension

Further reading

Ukrainian

Ukrainian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia uk

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian китъ (kit).

Pronunciation

Noun

кит (kytm animal (genitive кита́, nominative plural кити́, genitive plural киті́в)

  1. whale

Declension

References