каждый

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic кажьдꙑи (kažĭdyi), from Post Proto-Slavic *kažьdъ, from Proto-Slavic *kъžьdo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkaʐdɨj]
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Pronoun

ка́ждый • (káždyj)

  1. every, each
    • 1905, Фёдор Сологуб [Fyodor Sologub], chapter XVI, in Мелкий бес; English translation from John Cournos and Richard Aldington, transl., The Little Demon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916:
      Почти́ ка́ждую ночь ви́дела она́ его́ во сне, иногда́ скро́много и обыкнове́нного, но ча́ще в ди́кой и́ли волше́бной обстано́вке.
      Počtí kážduju nočʹ vídela oná jevó vo sne, inogdá skrómnovo i obyknovénnovo, no čášče v díkoj íli volšébnoj obstanóvke.
      Almost every night she saw him in a dream, sometimes quiet and ordinary but often in a wild and fantastic guise.
  2. either (of two)
  3. everybody, everyone

Declension

Russian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷe- (0 c, 10 e)

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