конь

See also: коњ

Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian конь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [konʲ]
  • (file)

Noun

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

  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 • (konĭ) m

  1. horse
Declension

Old East Slavic

конь

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kòňь.

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

  1. horse (Equus caballus)
    Synonym: комонь (komonĭ)

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle Russian: конь (konʹ)
  • Old Ruthenian: конь, кунь; кунъ; конъ, kon

References

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 • (transliteration needed) m inan

  1. horse (animal)
    • подъ нимъ конь сивъ, а другий конь на поводе ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • за конꙗ албо за кобылу три рꙋбли грошеⸯ ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

Further reading

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, related 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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