кортик
Russian
Etymology
Attested early 18th century in correspondence regarding Russia's purchase of weapons from Western Europe. The etymology is uncertain; there are several hypotheses.
- Borrowed from Dutch korte sabel (“short saber”) + -ик (-ik, diminutive suffix).
- From the obsolete term ко́рда (kórda, “short sword”) + -ик (-ik), from Old East Slavic кордъ (kordŭ), ultimately from Middle Persian; Vasmer considered this unlikely due to the change from д to т; but compare Polish kordzik and Polish kord (“cutlass”).
- Per Vasmer and Trubachyov, a partial calque of Italian cortello, a dialectal form of coltello (“knife”), with the Italian diminutive suffix -ello mapping to -ик (-ik).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkortʲɪk]
Noun
ко́ртик • (kórtik) m inan (genitive ко́ртика, nominative plural ко́ртики, genitive plural ко́ртиков)
Declension
Declension of ко́ртик (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ко́ртик kórtik |
ко́ртики kórtiki |
| genitive | ко́ртика kórtika |
ко́ртиков kórtikov |
| dative | ко́ртику kórtiku |
ко́ртикам kórtikam |
| accusative | ко́ртик kórtik |
ко́ртики kórtiki |
| instrumental | ко́ртиком kórtikom |
ко́ртиками kórtikami |
| prepositional | ко́ртике kórtike |
ко́ртиках kórtikax |
Further reading
- Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “кортик”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кортик”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress