конь

See also: коњ

Belarusian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *konjь.

Pronunciation

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Noun

конь • (konʹ) m, gen. sg. каня́ (kanjá), nom. pl. ко́ні (kóni)

  1. horse

Usage notes

  • After the numerals два (dva) (two), тры (try) (three) and чаты́ры (čatýry) (four), the form кані́ is used instead of the genitive singular form.

Declension

See also

Chess pieces in Belarusian · ша́хматныя фігу́ры (šáxmatnyja fihúry) (layout · text)
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каро́ль (karólʹ) ферзь (fjerzʹ) ладдзя́ (laddzjá) слон (slon) конь (konʹ) пе́шка (pjéška)

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology 1

Noun

конь • (konĭ) m

  1. beginning
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *konjь.

Noun

кон҄ь • (konĭ) m

  1. horse

Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *konjь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [konʲ]
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Noun

конь • (konʹ) m anim (genitive коня́, nominative plural ко́ни, genitive plural коне́й)

  1. horse; male horse
    Конь ски́нул седока́. ― Konʹ skínul sedoká. ― The horse threw off its rider.
  2. (poetic) steed
  3. (gymnastics) horse
  4. (chess) knight (Russian abbreviation: К)

Usage notes

Although конь (konʹ) is sometimes used to refer to a horse of any gender, it has a masculine and noble ring to it, unlike the stylistically neutral ло́шадь (lóšadʹ).

Declension

Declension of конь (anim masc-form soft-stem accent-f) 
singular plural
nominative ко́нь
kónʹ		 ко́ни
kóni
genitive коня́
konjá		 коне́й
konéj
dative коню́
konjú		 коня́м
konjám
accusative коня́
konjá		 коне́й
konéj
instrumental конём
konjóm		 коня́ми
konjámi
prepositional коне́
koné		 коня́х
konjáx

Synonyms

See also

Chess pieces in Russian · ша́хматные фигу́ры (šáxmatnyje figúry) (layout · text)
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коро́ль (korólʹ) ферзь (ferzʹ) ладья́ (ladʹjá) слон (slon) конь (konʹ) пе́шка (péška)
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