точный

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic тъчьнъ, тъчьнꙑи (tŭčĭnŭ, tŭčĭnyi), from Proto-Slavic *tъčьnъ. By surface analysis, ты́кать, то́чка (týkatʹ, tóčka) +‎ -ный (-nyj).

Compare typologically German pünktlich < German Punkt (<< Latin punctus (p.p.p. of pungō), whence also English point, punctual, пунктуа́льный (punktuálʹnyj)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtot͡ɕnɨj]
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Adjective

то́чный • (tóčnyj) (comparative (по)точне́е or (по)точне́й, adverb то́чно, abstract noun то́чность)

  1. exact, precise, accurate
    Э́то то́чный перево́д.
    Éto tóčnyj perevód.
    This is an exact translation.
  2. correct

Declension

Antonyms

Derived terms

  • то́чная нау́ка (tóčnaja naúka)

Descendants

  • Ingrian: tocnoi

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “точный”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “точный”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
  • Krylov, G. A. (2004) “точный”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Victory, →ISBN
  • Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “точный”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 432
    • See: Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “точка”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 431
  • Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “точный”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2: (Начать – Я), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 425

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