коготь

Russian

коготь

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kogъtь, from Proto-Indo-European *keg-, *keng- (“peg; hook”). Compare Belarusian ко́каць (kókacʹ), Ukrainian коготь (kohotʹ), кіготь (kihotʹ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈkoɡətʲ]
коготь (file)

Noun

ко́готь • (kógotʹ) m inan (genitive ко́гтя, nominative plural ко́гти, genitive plural когте́й, diminutive когото́к)

claw, talon
clutch, climbing iron

Declension

Declension of ко́готь (inan masc-form soft-stem accent-e reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	ко́готь kógotʹ	ко́гти kógti
genitive	ко́гтя kógtja	когте́й kogtéj
dative	ко́гтю kógtju	когтя́м kogtjám
accusative	ко́готь kógotʹ	ко́гти kógti
instrumental	ко́гтем kógtem	когтя́ми kogtjámi
prepositional	ко́гте kógte	когтя́х kogtjáx

Derived terms

когтистый (kogtistyj)
когти́ще (kogtíšče)

Further reading

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

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