пядь

See also: пѧдь

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic пядь (pjadĭ), from Proto-Slavic *pędь.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [pʲætʲ]
  • Homophone: пять (pjatʹ)

Noun

пядь • (pjadʹ) f inan (genitive пя́ди, nominative plural пя́ди, genitive plural пяде́й or пя́дей)

  1. (historical) span (Old Russian unit of length corresponding to the distance between the spaced ends of the thumb and index fingers, seven inches, 17.78 cm)
  2. (archaic) small area of land
  3. (archaic) hand
  4. (archaic) sole of the foot, foot

Declension
Declension of пядь (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-e/a) 
singular plural
nominative пя́дь
pjádʹ		 пя́ди
pjádi
genitive пя́ди
pjádi		 пяде́й, пя́дей
pjadéj, pjádej
dative пя́ди
pjádi		 пядя́м, пя́дям
pjadjám, pjádjam
accusative пя́дь
pjádʹ		 пя́ди
pjádi
instrumental пя́дью
pjádʹju		 пядя́ми, пя́дями
pjadjámi, pjádjami
prepositional пя́ди
pjádi		 пядя́х, пя́дях
pjadjáx, pjádjax

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Derived terms

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пядь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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