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капкан

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Turkic. Compare Crimean Tatar qapqan and Turkish kapan (trap, snare). Cognate with Georgian ხაფანგი (xapangi, trap).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

капка́н (kapkánm inan (genitive капка́на, nominative plural капка́ны, genitive plural капка́нов)

  1. trap, bear trap, leg trap (device designed to catch or kill animals)
    Synonym: западня́ (zapadnjá)

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Ingrian: kapkana

Ukrainian edit

 капкан on Ukrainian Wikipedia
 
капкан

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Turkic. Compare Crimean Tatar qapqan and Turkish kapan (trap, snare). Cognate with Georgian ხაფანგი (xapangi, trap).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [kɐpˈkan]
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Noun edit

капка́н (kapkánm inan (genitive капка́на[1] or капкана́[2][3], nominative plural капка́ни[1] or капкани́[3], genitive plural капка́нів[1] or капкані́в[3])

  1. trap, bear trap, leg trap (device designed to catch or kill animals)
  2. (figuratively) trap (trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
    Synonym: па́стка f (pástka)

Declension edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 капкан”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
  2. ^ Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2016), “капкан”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 7 (кварта́л – кя́хтинський), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 капкан”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)

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