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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