скопец
Macedonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈskɔpɛt͡s]
Declension
Declension of скопец
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
indefinite | скопец | скопци |
definite unspecified | скопецот | скопците |
definite proximal | скопецов | скопциве |
definite distal | скопецон | скопцине |
vocative | скопецу | скопци |
count form | — | скопеца |
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)
- eunuch
- (figuratively, derogatory) cold, passionless man
- (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
Related terms
- оскоплять (oskopljatʹ), оскопить (oskopitʹ), скопчество (skopčestvo)
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