пядь
See also: пѧдь
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic пядь (pjadĭ), from Proto-Slavic *pędь.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pʲætʲ]
- Homophone: пять (pjatʹ)
Noun
пядь • (pjadʹ) f inan (genitive пя́ди, nominative plural пя́ди, genitive plural пяде́й or пя́дей)
- (historical) span (Old Russian unit of length corresponding to the distance between the spaced ends of the thumb and index fingers, seven inches, 17.78 cm)
- (archaic) small area of land
- (archaic) hand
- (archaic) sole of the foot, foot
Declension
Declension of пядь (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-e/a)
Synonyms
- пя́де́нь (pjádénʹ), пя́дка (pjádka), пя́де́нька (pjádénʹka), че́тверть (čétvertʹ), четы́ре вершка́ (četýre veršká), семь дю́ймов (semʹ djújmov)
Derived terms
- пя́де́нь f (pjádénʹ), пя́дка (pjádka), пя́де́нька (pjádénʹka)
- пя́деница f anim (pjádenica)
- семи́ пя́дей во лбу́ (semí pjádej vo lbú)
Related terms
- пнуть (pnutʹ)
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пядь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress