кий

• IPA^(key): [kij]

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• Rhymes: -ij

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kyjь.

кий • (kij) m (obsolete)

1. prong, tine (pointy tip of a weapon or a tool)

   За какъв кий е това? (idiom)

   Za kakǎv kij e tova?

   For what sake is this? / What is the point of this?

2. pointy tool, stick, rode

• млат (mlat, “bulgy tip of a tool”)
• топу́з (topúz, “mace, head of a weapon”)
• тък (tǎk, “pointy tip”) (in general)

• ки́вам (kívam, “to swing, to wink”)
• ки́дам (kídam, “to toss, to shoot a projectile”)

• Nayden Gerov (1897), “кꙑ́ꙗкъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 442
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кий”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 355

Borrowed from Russian кий (kij), genetically cognate with Etymology 1, but semantically influenced by French queue (whence also English cue).

кий • (kij) m

1. (in cuesports) cue of a tapering stick

• ще́ка (štéka, “cue stick”)

• “кий”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *kude. Cognates include Bats ქუდ (kud) and Chechen куй (kuj).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiː/

кий • (kii) class jj

1. hat

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Nichols, Johanna B. (2004), “кий”, in Ingush–English and English–Ingush Dictionary, London and New York: Routledge, page 86b
• Bekova, A. I.; et al. (2009), “кий”, in Ingušsko-russkij slovarʹ [Ingush–Russian Dictionary], Nalchik: Ingušskij NII GN, page 379a

кий (kij) (plural кийэʼн, locative singular кийэнк)

1. river

   Потом кий тмалк. А кийэнк ныйныԓ нәњчэ’н.

   Also the river was near. There were many fish in the river.

• E. Kasten, M. Dürr (2015). Itelmen texts : a preliminary linguistic analysis
• M. Dürr, M. Risler, D. Kester, M. Krauss, A. Volodin, E. Kasten, K. Khaloymova, J. Bobalik, Ch. Ono (2021). Полный ительменско-русский словарь

Inherited from Proto-Ketic *kiˀ ~ *kij (“scrape”, infinitive verb).^[1][2]

Also analyzable as the non-finite verb counterpart of Ket кави (k⁵-a⁴-b³-[n²]-i⁰, “S. scrapes, fleshes [object]”, finite verb).

• IPA^(key): /¹kij/, [kiˑʝ˧]

кий (kīj) (action nominal)

1. scraping, the act of scraping

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *kʰɯʌjʌ (“tell, speak, cry”, infinitive verb).^[3][4]

• IPA^(key): /⁴kij/, [kiç˥˩]

кий (kìj) (action nominal)

1. telling, the act of telling (a story, or past events)
2. clarifying, the act of clarifying; explaining, the act of explaining

• Central Ket varieties also use киъ (kìjə), while Northern Ket varieties use кии (kìji) instead.

• Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 425
• Vajda, Edward J.; Zinn, Marina (2004), Kotorova, Elizaveta G., editor, Морфологический словарь кетского глагола (in Russian), Tomsk: Томского государственного педагогического университет (TGPU), page 167
• Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 231

From Proto-Mongolic *kei (“wind”). Cognate to Khakas кии (kii), Mongolian хий (xii) etc.

кий • (kiy)

1. air

• кей (key)

• L. M. Tukmačev, editor (1995), “кий”, in Kumandinsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Kumandy-Russian Dictionary], Biysk: Kandidat filologičeskix nauk, Izdatelʹstvo bijskij kotelʹščik, →ISBN, page 22

• кій (kij) — pre-1918 spelling

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kyjь.

• IPA^(key): [kʲij]

кий • (kij) m inan (genitive ки́я or кия́, nominative plural кии́, genitive plural киёв, relational adjective ки́йный, diminutive киёк)

1. (dated) stick

   Synonym: па́лка (pálka)

2. cue (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)
   • 1924, Михаил Булгаков [Mikhail Bulgakov], “XI. Парфорсное кино и бездна”, in Дьяволиада; English translation from K. M. Cook-Horujy, transl., Diaboliad, Moscow: Raduga Publishers, 1990:

     Сло́вно по сигна́лу, игроки́ поброса́ли кии́ и гусько́м, топоча́, ки́нулись в боковы́е две́ри.

     Slóvno po signálu, igrokí pobrosáli kií i gusʹkóm, topočá, kínulisʹ v bokovýje dvéri.

     As if in response to a signal, the players flung down their cues and scrambled hurriedly through the side door with a clatter.

• кия́нка f (kijánka)
• кова́ть impf (kovátʹ)
• кува́лда f (kuválda)

• → Yakut: кий (kiy)

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

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “кий”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

From Proto-Slavic *kyjь.

• IPA^(key): [kɪi̯]

кий • (kyj) m inan (genitive ки́я, nominative plural киї́, genitive plural киї́в, relational adjective кийови́й, diminutive кийо́к, augmentative кия́ка)

1. stick

   Synonyms: па́лиця (pálycja), па́лка (pálka)

2. cue (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “кий”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “кий”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “кий”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]

Borrowed from Russian кий (kij).

кий • (kiy)

1. (billiards) (and related games) cue