китъ
Old Church Slavonic edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos).
Noun edit
к҄итъ • (kʹitŭ) m
Descendants edit
Old Ruthenian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old East Slavic китъ (kitŭ), кꙑтъ (kytŭ), further borrowed from Old Church Slavonic к҄итъ (kʹitŭ), in turn borrowed from Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos). Cognate with Russian кит (kit).
Noun edit
китъ • (kit) m animal (genitive кита, nominative plural киты, genitive plural китовъ, related adjective китовъ)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- Voitiv, H. V., editor (2008), “китъ, кітъ, кытъ”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 14 (к – конъюрация), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 104
- The template Template:R:zle-obe:HSBM does not use the parameter(s):
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Bulyka, A. M., editor (1996), “китъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 15 (катъ – коречный), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 96
Russian edit
Noun edit
китъ • (kit) m anim (genitive кита́, nominative plural киты́, genitive plural кито́въ)
- Pre-1918 spelling of кит (kit).