коготь

Russian
коготь

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kogъtь, from Proto-Indo-European *keg-, *keng- (“peg; hook”). Compare Belarusian ко́каць (kókacʹ), Ukrainian коготь (kohotʹ), кіготь (kihotʹ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkoɡətʲ]
  • коготь(file)

Noun

ко́готь • (kógotʹ) m inan (genitive ко́гтя, nominative plural ко́гти, genitive plural когте́й, diminutive когото́к)

  1. claw, talon
  2. clutch, climbing iron

Declension
Declension of ко́готь (inan masc-form soft-stem accent-e reduc) 
singular plural
nominative ко́готь
kógotʹ		 ко́гти
kógti
genitive ко́гтя
kógtja		 когте́й
kogtéj
dative ко́гтю
kógtju		 когтя́м
kogtjám
accusative ко́готь
kógotʹ		 ко́гти
kógti
instrumental ко́гтем
kógtem		 когтя́ми
kogtjámi
prepositional ко́гте
kógte		 когтя́х
kogtjáx

Derived terms

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