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Russian
Etymology
Attested since ca. 1706. Borrowed from Polish sztych directly and/or through Old Ruthenian штыхъ (štyx, “sharp point”), even though the difference in Auslaut seems unexplained.
Pronunciation
Noun
штык • (štyk) m inan (genitive штыка́, nominative plural штыки́, genitive plural штыко́в)
- bayonet
- Synonym: (historical) багине́т (baginét)
- Примкну́ть штыки́! ― Primknútʹ štykí! ― Fix bayonets!
- (military, dated) foot soldier, infantryman (as a counting unit of military strength; see also са́бля (sáblja) and ша́шка (šáška))
- отря́д в сто штыко́в и пятьдеся́т са́бель ― otrjád v sto štykóv i pjatʹdesját sábelʹ ― a force of a hundred soldiers and fifty cavalrymen
- blade (of a spade)
- (agriculture, archaeology) a spade's depth (of soil)
- на шты́к ― na štýk ― a spade deep
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