ничком

From ниц (nic), ни́кнуть (níknutʹ). Cognates include Ukrainian ни́шком (nýškom), Bulgarian ни́чком (níčkom).

• IPA^(key): [nʲɪt͡ɕˈkom]

ничко́м • (ničkóm)

1. prone, face down

   Antonym: на́взничь (návzničʹ)

   лежа́ть ничко́м ― ležátʹ ničkóm ― to lie prone

• на́взничь (návzničʹ)

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “ниц”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
  • See: Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “ника”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “наникать”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.