кнут

Russian

Alternative forms

• кнутъ (knut) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic кнутъ (knutŭ), from Old Norse knútr (“knot”). The original meaning was “knotty whip”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [knut]

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• Rhymes: -ut

Noun

кнут • (knut) m inan (genitive кнута́, nominative plural кнуты́, genitive plural кнуто́в, relational adjective кнуто́вый, diminutive кну́тик, augmentative кнути́ще, pejorative кнути́шка)

1. whip, knout, scourge

   кнут и пря́ник ― knut i prjánik ― carrot and stick (literally, “whip and gingerbread”)

Declension

Declension of кнут (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	кну́т knút	кнуты́ knutý
genitive	кнута́ knutá	кнуто́в knutóv
dative	кнуту́ knutú	кнута́м knutám
accusative	кну́т knút	кнуты́ knutý
instrumental	кнуто́м knutóm	кнута́ми knutámi
prepositional	кнуте́ knuté	кнута́х knutáx

Descendants

• → French: knout
  • → English: knout
• → German: Knute
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: кну̏т

    Latin script: knȕt

• → Greek: κνούτο (knoúto)
• → Plautdietsch: Knutt
• → Polish: knut
• → Romanian: cnut
• → Slovak: knuta

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кнут”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Knute, from Russian кнут (knut), from Old East Slavic кнутъ (knutŭ), from Old Norse knútr (“knot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /knût/

Noun

кну̏т m (Latin spelling knȕt)

1. knout