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Russian
Etymology
су- (su-) + *тъка (related to ты́кать (týkatʹ)), resulting in стык дня и но́чи (styk dnja i nóči, “union of day and night”).
Pronunciation
Noun
су́тки • (sútki) f inan pl or m inan pl (genitive су́ток or су́тков*, plural only, relational adjective су́точный) (* Proscribed.)
- 24 hours (of the clock), day, day and night, nychthemeron
- кру́глые су́тки ― krúglyje sútki ― round the clock
- за су́тки ― za sútki ― during the day/ for the day, during 24 hours / for 24 hours
- ме́нее, чем за су́тки ― méneje, čem za sútki ― less than 24 hours
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References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сутки”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “сутки”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 219