бизань

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch bezaan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bʲɪˈzanʲ]
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Noun

биза́нь • (bizánʹ) f inan (genitive биза́ни, nominative plural биза́ни, genitive plural биза́ней)

  1. spanker (a fore-and-aft gaff-rigged sail on the aftmost mast)
  2. ellipsis of биза́нь-ма́чта (bizánʹ-máčta), mizzenmast

Declension

Further reading

  • бизань in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бизань”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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