копейка

Russian
Пять копеек, Банк России, 1997 г.

Etymology

From Middle Russian копейка, from копьё (spear) (from the image of a horseman carrying a spear on the coins minted by Moscow after the capture of Novgorod in 1478).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kɐˈpʲejkə]
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Noun

копе́йка • (kopéjka) f inan (genitive копе́йки, nominative plural копе́йки, genitive plural копе́ек)

  1. kopek, kopeck; also copeck (one 100th of ruble, the monetary unit of Russia).

Declension
Declension of копе́йка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 
singular plural
nominative копе́йка
kopéjka		 копе́йки
kopéjki
genitive копе́йки
kopéjki		 копе́ек
kopéjek
dative копе́йке
kopéjke		 копе́йкам
kopéjkam
accusative копе́йку
kopéjku		 копе́йки
kopéjki
instrumental копе́йкой, копе́йкою
kopéjkoj, kopéjkoju		 копе́йками
kopéjkami
prepositional копе́йке
kopéjke		 копе́йках
kopéjkax

See also

Descendants
  • → Armenian: կոպեկ (kopek)
  • → Azerbaijani: qəpik
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