Russian

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Etymology

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су- (su-) + *тъка (related to ты́кать (týkatʹ)), resulting in стык дня и но́чи (styk dnja i nóči, union of day and night).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈsutkʲɪ]
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Noun

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су́тки (sútkif inan pl or m inan pl (genitive су́ток or су́тков*, plural only, relational adjective су́точный) (* Proscribed.)

  1. 24 hours (of the clock), day, day and night, nychthemeron
    кру́глые су́ткиkrúglyje sútkiround the clock
    за су́ткиza sútkiduring the day/ for the day, during 24 hours / for 24 hours
    ме́нее, чем за су́ткиméneje, čem za sútkiless than 24 hours

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Azerbaijani: sutka
  • Ingrian: suutkat
  • Votic: suutkõd

See also

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сутки”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “сутки”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 219