путь

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Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pǫ̃tь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pántis, from Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s.

Noun

путь (putĭm

  1. way, path

Declension

Declension of путь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative путь
putĭ
пути
puti
путие
putije
genitive пути
puti
путию
putiju
путии
putii
dative пути
puti
путьма
putĭma
путьмъ
putĭmŭ
accusative путь
putĭ
пути
puti
пути
puti
instrumental путьмь
putĭmĭ
путьма
putĭma
путьми
putĭmi
locative пути
puti
путию
putiju
путьхъ
putĭxŭ
vocative пути
puti
пути
puti
путие
putije

Descendants

  • Belarusian: пуць (pucʹ)
  • Russian: путь (putʹ)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: путь (putʹ)
  • Ukrainian: путь (putʹ)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “путь”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1735
See also: пѫть

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic путь (putĭ), from Proto-Slavic *pǫtь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pántis, from Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s (whence also Latin pōns, Ancient Greek πόντος (póntos), English find).

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  • Rhymes: -utʲ

Noun

путь (putʹm inan (genitive пути́, nominative plural пути́, genitive plural путе́й, relational adjective путево́й)

  1. way, path, road
    Он по пути́ в Петербу́рг.On po putí v Peterbúrg.He’s on his way to St. Petersburg.
    кружно́й путьkružnój putʹroundabout way
    прокла́дывать/проложи́ть путьprokládyvatʹ/proložítʹ putʹto make a path/road; break a trail
  2. track, line
  3. means
  4. trip, journey
  5. route

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Derived from Latin pōns:

Derived from Ancient Greek πόντος (póntos):

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From Middle Ukrainian путь (putʹ), from Old East Slavic путь (putĭ), from Proto-Slavic *pǫtь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pántis, from Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s.

Pronunciation

Noun

путь (putʹf inan (genitive путі́, nominative plural путі́, genitive plural путе́й)

  1. way, road
  2. path (of movement)
  3. (usually in the plural, railroad) rail, track
  4. (figurative) access, means
  5. way, direction
  6. travel
  7. (archaic) favorable circumstances
    Synonym: пуття́ (puttjá)

Declension

Declension of путь
(inan 3rd-decl fem-form accent-b)
singular plural
nominative путь
putʹ
путі́
putí
genitive путі́
putí
путе́й
putéj
dative путі́
putí
путя́м
putjám
accusative путь
putʹ
путі́
putí
instrumental пу́ттю
púttju
путя́ми
putjámy
locative путі́
putí
путя́х
putjáx
vocative пу́те
púte
путі́
putí

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