спина

Borrowed from Polish spina, from Latin spīna.

• IPA^(key): [spʲɪˈna]

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спина́ • (spiná) f inan (genitive спины́, nominative plural спи́ны, genitive plural спин, relational adjective спинно́й, diminutive спи́нка)

1. back, the rear of the torso
2. (by extension) the back of a piece of furniture etc.
3. (obsolete) spine, backbone

   Synonyms: позвоно́чник (pozvonóčnik), хребе́т (xrebét)

• Miklosich, Franz (1886) Etymologisches Wörterbuch der slavischen Sprachen (in German), Vienna: Wilhelm Braumüller, page 318
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “спина́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Krysko, V. B., editor (2006), “спина”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.]‎ (in Russian), numbers 27 (спасъ – старицынъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 32

Borrowed from Polish spina, from Latin spīna.

• IPA^(key): [ˈspɪnɐ]

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спи́на • (spýna) f inan (genitive спи́ни, nominative plural спи́ни, genitive plural спин)

1. back, the rear of the torso

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “спина”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka