канун

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). Originally meant "Christian holiday". Doublet of кано́н (kanón).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kɐˈnun]
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Noun

кану́н • (kanún) m inan (genitive кану́на, nominative plural кану́ны, genitive plural кану́нов)

  1. eve

Declension
Declension of кану́н (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative кану́н
kanún		 кану́ны
kanúny
genitive кану́на
kanúna		 кану́нов
kanúnov
dative кану́ну
kanúnu		 кану́нам
kanúnam
accusative кану́н
kanún		 кану́ны
kanúny
instrumental кану́ном
kanúnom		 кану́нами
kanúnami
prepositional кану́не
kanúne		 кану́нах
kanúnax

Derived terms

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