конец

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Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *konьcь.

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Noun

коне́ц (konécm

  1. thread
  2. (medicine) catgut

Declension

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *konьcь.

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  • Hyphenation: ко‧нец

Noun

конец (konecm (plural конци, relational adjective кончен, diminutive конче, augmentative кончиште)

  1. thread (long, thin and flexible form of material)

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Noun

конец (konecm (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) end
    Synonyms: крај (kraj), (archaic) скончило (skončilo)
  2. (archaic, figurative) death
    Synonyms: смрт (smrt), (archaic) кончина (končina), (archaic) скончило (skončilo), (archaic) скончание (skončanie)

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References

  • конец” in Официјален дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Oficijalen digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − makedonski.gov.mk (in Macedonian)
  • конец” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic коньць (konĭcĭ, end; edge, border), from Proto-Slavic *konьcь (end), from *konъ (beginning; end) +‎ *-ьcь, from *čęti (to begin).

Pronunciation

Noun

коне́ц (konécm inan (genitive конца́, nominative plural концы́, genitive plural концо́в, relational adjective коне́чный, diminutive ко́нчик)

  1. end
    Antonym: нача́ло (načálo)
    • 1876, Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 13:7:
      Когда же услышите о войнах и о военных слухах, не ужасайтесь: ибо надлежит сему быть, — но это еще не конец.
      Kogda že uslyšite o vojnax i o vojennyx sluxax, ne užasajtesʹ: ibo nadležit semu bytʹ, — no eto ješče ne konec.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. ending, close, termination
  3. death
  4. (familiar) distance, way
  5. (anatomy, colloquial) male sex organ
  6. (nautical) rope
  7. (historical) borough (in medieval Novgorod)

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “конец”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “коньць”, 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 1273