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Etymology edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic коузньць (kuznĭcĭ), from коузнь (kuznĭ) + -ьць (-ĭcĭ), from Proto-Slavic *kuznьcь. Distantly related to кова́ть (kovátʹ), кова́ль (koválʹ) and the equivalent forms in other Slavic languages, such as Ukrainian кова́ль (koválʹ), Polish kowal, Czech kovář, Slovak kováč, Serbo-Croatian kòvāč, Cyrillic ко̀ва̄ч.

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  • IPA(key): [kʊzʲˈnʲet͡s]
  • (file)

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кузне́ц (kuznécm anim (genitive кузнеца́, nominative plural кузнецы́, genitive plural кузнецо́в)

  1. smith, blacksmith
  2. farrier

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