конец

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈnɛts/

Noun

конец • (konéc) m

1. thread
2. (medicine) catgut

Noun

конец • (konec) m

1. thread

Etymology

From Old East Slavic коньць (konĭcĭ, “end; edge, border”), from Proto-Slavic *konьcь (“end”), from *konъ (“beginning; end”) +‎ *-ьcь, from *čęti (“to begin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɐˈnʲet͡s]

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Noun

коне́ц • (konéc) m inan (genitive конца́, nominative plural концы́, genitive plural концо́в)

1. end
2. ending, close, termination
3. death
4. (familiar) distance, way
5. (anatomy, colloquial) male sex organ
6. (nautical) rope
7. One of the five boroughs or Kontsy into which medieval Novgorod was divided.

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “конец”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačev O. N., Moscow: Progress
• Sreznevskij, I. I. (1893), “коньць”, in Materialy dlja slovarja drevne-russkago jazyka po pisʹmennym pamjatnikam [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old Russian Language According to Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 1273