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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Zitat, ultimately from Latin citō (whence ultimately also English citation).
Pronunciation
Noun
цита́та • (citáta) f inan (genitive цита́ты, nominative plural цита́ты, genitive plural цита́т, relational adjective цита́тный, diminutive цита́тка)
- quote, quotation, citation (a statement attributed to someone)
- Synonym: (excerpt) вы́держка (výderžka)
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References
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “цитата”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 372
- Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “цитата”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
Noun
цита́та • (cytáta) f inan (genitive цита́ти, nominative plural цита́ти, genitive plural цита́т)
- quotation, citation (fragment of a human expression)
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