кон
Bulgarian
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Slavic *kòňь
Bulgarian кон (kon)
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kòňь.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kɔn]
Audio (Standard Bulgarian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔn
Noun
кон • (kon) m (feminine коби́ла, relational adjective ко́нен or ко́нски, diminutive ко́нче)
- horse, steed
- (chess) knight (a chess piece, often in the shape of a horse's head, that is moved two squares in one direction and one at right angles to that direction in a single move, leaping over any intervening pieces)
- (gymnastics) pommel horse
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | кон kon |
коне́, ко́ни1, кони́1, ко́ньове1, коньо́ве1 koné, kóni1, koní1, kónjove1, konjóve1 |
| definite (subject form) |
ко́нят kónjat |
коне́те, ко́ните1, кони́те1, ко́ньовете1, коньо́вете1 konéte, kónite1, koníte1, kónjovete1, konjóvete1 |
| definite (object form) |
ко́ня kónja | |
| count form | — | ко́ня kónja |
| vocative form | ко́ню kónju |
коне́, ко́ни1, кони́1, ко́ньове1, коньо́ве1 koné, kóni1, koní1, kónjove1, konjóve1 |
1Dialectal.
Derived terms
- коня́р (konjár, “horse herder”)
- коневъ́д (konevǎ́d, “horse breader”)
- ко́нник (kónnik, “knight”)
- ко́нница (kónnica, “cavalry”)
- коню́шня (konjúšnja, “stable”)
See also
| Chess pieces in Bulgarian · шахматни фигури (šahmatni figuri) (layout · text) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| цар (car) | царица (carica) | топ (top) | офицер (oficer) | кон (kon) | пешка (peška) |
References
- “кон”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “кон”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъ(n).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔn
Preposition
кон • (kon)
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic конъ (konŭ, “limit”), from Proto-Slavic *konъ (“beginning; end”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kon]
Audio: (file) Audio (Saint Petersburg): (file) - Rhymes: -on
Noun
кон • (kon) m inan (genitive ко́на, nominative plural коны́, genitive plural коно́в)