скопец

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈskɔpɛt͡s]

Noun

скопец • (skopec) m

  1. Alternative form of скопак (skopak)

Declension

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic скопьць (skopĭcĭ), from Proto-Slavic *skopьсь, from *skopiti (to castrate).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [skɐˈpʲet͡s]

Noun

скопе́ц • (skopéc) m anim (genitive скопца́, nominative plural скопцы́, genitive plural скопцо́в)

  1. eunuch
  2. (figuratively, derogatory) cold, passionless man
  3. (Christianity) skopets, a member of a Russian religious eunuch movement practising self-castration
    • 1966/2018, Y. Mamleev, The Sublimes/Shatuny (English-Russian edition):
      Сам Михей к секте относился иронически, считая скопцов не «белыми голубями», как они себя называли, а воробышками
      Sam Mixej k sekte otnosilsja ironičeski, sčitaja skopcov ne «belymi golubjami», kak oni sebja nazyvali, a vorobyškami
      Mikhei himself regarded the sect ironically, considering the eunuchs not “white doves,” as they called themselves, but little sparrows

Declension

Synonyms

  • оскоплять (oskopljatʹ), оскопить (oskopitʹ), скопчество (skopčestvo)
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