кит

See also: кіт, кит., and kit

Avar

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian кит (kit).

Noun

кит • (kit)

  1. whale

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos), of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kit]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

кит • (kitm

  1. (countable) whale (mammal)
  2. (uncountable) putty, mastic
    Synonym: маджун (madžun)

Declension

Declension of кит
singular plural
indefinite кит
kit
ки́тове
kítove
definite
(subject form)
ки́тът
kítǎt
ки́товете
kítovete
definite
(object form)
ки́та
kíta
count form ки́та
kíta
vocative form ки́те
kíte
ки́тове
kítove

Anagrams

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic كيت
Cyrillic кит
Latin kit

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian кит (kit), from Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos).

Noun

кит • (kit)

  1. whale

Declension

Declension of кит
singular plural
nominative кит (kit) киттер (kitter)
genitive киттің (kittıñ) киттердің (kitterdıñ)
dative китке (kitke) киттерге (kitterge)
accusative китті (kittı) киттерді (kitterdı)
locative китте (kitte) киттерде (kitterde)
ablative киттен (kitten) киттерден (kitterden)
instrumental китпен (kitpen) киттермен (kittermen)

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos), of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kit]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -it

Noun

кит • (kitm

  1. whale
  2. putty

Declension

Declension of кит
singular plural
indefinite кит (kit) китови (kitovi)
definite unspecified китот (kitot) китовите (kitovite)
definite proximal китов (kitov) китовиве (kitovive)
definite distal китон (kiton) китовине (kitovine)
vocative киту (kitu) китови (kitovi)
count form кита (kita)

Moksha

Noun

кит • (kit)

  1. indefinite plural nominative of ки (ki); roads
    • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 135
      ки, — дорога
      ki , -t — doroga
      road, -s — road [in Russian]

Pronoun

кит • (kit)

  1. indefinite plural nominative of кие (kije); who [pl.]
    • O. Je. Poljakov (1995) Učimsja govoritʹ po-mokšanski [Let's learn to speak Moksha], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 4
      Кит молихть?
      Kit molihť?
      Who [pl.] is going?

Northern Mansi

Northern Mansi numbers (edit)
20
[a], [b] ←  1 2 3  → 
    Cardinal: китыг (kityg), кит (kit)
    Ordinal: китыт (kityt)
    A.o.: китсёс (kitsës)
    Adverbial: китпис (kitpis)
    Multiplier: китписыӈ (kitpisyň)
    Distributive: китгыл (kitgyl)
    Number of people: китан (kitan)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *käktä.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kit]

Numeral

кит (kit)(Sosva, Ob, Upper Lozva)

  1. two (only as counter)

References

  1. ^ Entry #227 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Afanasʹjeva, K. V., Sobjanina, S. A. (2012) “кит”, in Školʹnyj mansijsko-russkij slovarʹ [Mansi-Russian school dictionary], Khanty-Mansiysk: RIO IRO

Russian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʲit]
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic китъ (kitŭ), from Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos).

Noun

кит • (kitm anim (genitive кита́, nominative plural киты́, genitive plural кито́в, relational adjective кито́вый)

  1. whale
Declension
  • китёнок (kitjónok)
  • китёныш (kitjónyš)
  • кити́ха (kitíxa)
  • китобо́ец (kitobójec)
  • китобо́й (kitobój)
  • китобо́йный (kitobójnyj)
  • китоло́в (kitolóv)
  • китоло́вный (kitolóvnyj)
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: kit
  • Bezhta: кит (kit)
  • Ingrian: kiitta
  • Kazakh: кит (kit)
  • Kyrgyz: кит (kit)
  • Tatar: кит (kit)
  • Turkmen: kit
  • Uyghur: كىت (kit)
  • Uzbek: kit

Etymology 2

Noun

кит • (kitf inan pl

  1. genitive plural of ки́та (kíta)

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of Китай (Kitaj) or китаец (kitajec).

Noun

кит • (kitm anim (genitive ки́та, nominative plural ки́ты, genitive plural ки́тов)

  1. (Russian Far East) a male Chinese person
  2. (university slang) the Chinese language
Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos).

Noun

ки̏т m anim (Latin spelling kȉt)

  1. whale

Declension

Declension of кит
singular plural
nominative ки̏т кѝтови
genitive кита китова
dative киту китовима
accusative кита китове
vocative ките китови
locative киту китовима
instrumental китом китовима

Further reading

  • кит”, in Raskovnik [Dictionary portal Raskovnik of the Institute for the Serbian Language, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts] (in Serbo-Croatian), http://raskovnik.org, 2015–2025

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian китъ (kit).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɪt]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

кит • (kytm animal (genitive кита́, nominative plural кити́, genitive plural киті́в)

  1. whale

Declension

Declension of кит
(animal hard masc-form accent-b)
singular plural
nominative кит
kyt
кити́
kytý
genitive кита́
kytá
киті́в
kytív
dative кито́ві, киту́
kytóvi, kytú
кита́м
kytám
accusative кита́
kytá
кити́, киті́в
kytý, kytív
instrumental кито́м
kytóm
кита́ми
kytámy
locative кито́ві, киті́
kytóvi, kytí
кита́х
kytáx
vocative ки́те
kýte
кити́
kytý

References