канун
Russian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). Originally meant "Christian holiday". Doublet of кано́н (kanón).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
кану́н • (kanún) m inan (genitive кану́на, nominative plural кану́ны, genitive plural кану́нов)
Declension edit
Declension of кану́н (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
Derived terms edit
- накану́не (nakanúne)
References edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “канун”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress