штык
Russian edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
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))
- blade (of a spade)
- (agriculture, archaeology) a spade's depth (of soil)
- на шты́к ― na štýk ― a spade deep