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к҄итъ

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos).

Noun edit

к҄итъ (kʹitŭm

  1. whale

Descendants edit

Old Ruthenian edit

 
китъ

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 (kitm animal (genitive кита, nominative plural киты, genitive plural китовъ, related adjective китовъ)

  1. whale

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
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    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 (kitm anim (genitive кита́, nominative plural киты́, genitive plural кито́въ)

  1. Pre-1918 spelling of кит (kit).

Declension edit