конь

See also: коњ

Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian конь (konʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [konʲ]
  • (file)

Noun

конь • (konʹ) m animal (genitive каня́, nominative plural ко́ні, genitive plural ко́ней, relational adjective ко́нны)

  1. horse

Declension

See also

Chess pieces in Belarusian · ша́хматныя фігу́ры (šáxmatnyja fihúry) (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
каро́ль (karólʹ) ферзь (fjerzʹ) ладдзя́ (laddzjá) слон (slon) конь (konʹ) пе́шка (pjéška)

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *konь.

Noun

конь • (konĭ) m

  1. beginning
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

конь

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kòňь.

Noun

кон҄ь • (konʹĭ) m

  1. horse
Declension

Old East Slavic

Конь.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kòňь. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic конь (konĭ) and Old Polish kóń.

Pronunciation

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈkoːnʲɪ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈkoːnʲɪ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈkɔːnʲ/, /ˈkoːnʲ/
  • Hyphenation: ко‧нь

Noun

конь (konĭ) m (related adjective коньнъ or коньскъ)

  1. horse
    • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik‎, page 3:
      рекоу же· оуꙁда коневи правитель ѥсть и въꙁдьржаниѥ·
      reku že· uzda konevi pravitelĭ jestĭ i vŭzdĭržanije·
      But I say: A bridle is a leader to a horse and a restriction.

Declension

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Synonyms

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: конь (konʹ), кѡнь (kônʹ), кунь (kunʹ)
    • Belarusian: конь (konʹ)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: кӱнь (künʹ)
    • Ukrainian: кінь (kinʹ); кунь (kunʹ) (dialectal)
  • Russian: конь (konʹ)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “конь”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 110

Old Ruthenian

конь

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic конь (konĭ), from Proto-Slavic *kòňь. Cognate with Russian конь (konʹ), Old Novgorodian коне (kone), Old Church Slavonic кон҄ь (konʹĭ) and Old Polish kóń.

Noun

конь • (konʹ) m inan

  1. horse (animal)
    подъ нимъ конь сивъ, а другий конь на поводе ― pod nim konʹ siv, a druhij konʹ na povode ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    за конꙗ албо за кобылу три рꙋбли грошеⸯ ― za konja albo za kobylu tri rubli hrošej ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

  • Belarusian: конь (konʹ)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: кӱнь (künʹ)
  • Ukrainian: кінь (kinʹ); кунь (kunʹ) (dialectal)

Further reading

  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “конь, kon”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 494
  • Voitiv, H. V., editor (2008), “конъ; конь”, 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 252
  • Chikalo, M. I., editor (2010), “конь, кунъ”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 15 (конь – легковѣрны), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 3
  • Chikalo, M. I., editor (2010), “кунь; конь”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 15 (конь – легковѣрны), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 182
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    Bulyka, A. M., editor (1996), “конь”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 15 (катъ – коречный), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 288

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic конь (konĭ), from Proto-Slavic *kòňь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [konʲ]
  • (file)

Noun

конь • (konʹ) m anim (genitive коня́, nominative plural ко́ни, genitive plural коне́й, relational adjective ко́нный or ко́нский, diminutive конёк or ко́ник)

  1. horse; male horse
    Synonyms: ло́шадь (lóšadʹ), кобы́ла (kobýla), рыса́к (rysák), скаку́н (skakún), кля́ча (kljáča), си́вка (sívka)
    Конь ски́нул седока́. ― Konʹ skínul sedoká. ― The horse threw off its rider.
  2. (poetic) steed
  3. (gymnastics) horse
  4. (chess) knight (Russian abbreviation: К)

Usage notes

Although конь (konʹ) is sometimes used to refer to a horse of any gender, it has a masculine and noble ring to it, unlike the stylistically neutral ло́шадь (lóšadʹ).

Declension

See also

Chess pieces in Russian · ша́хматные фигу́ры (šáxmatnyje figúry) (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
коро́ль (korólʹ) ферзь (ferzʹ) ладья́ (ladʹjá) слон (slon) конь (konʹ) пе́шка (péška)
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