пядь

See also: пѧдь

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic пядь (pjadĭ), from Proto-Slavic *pędь. Cognate to Ukrainian п'ядь (pʺjadʹ), Old Church Slavonic пѧдь (pędĭ), Czech píď, Slovak piaď, Polish piędź, Upper Sorbian pjedź, Lower Sorbian pěź, Serbo-Croatian pȇd, Slovene ре̣̑d. Related to пнуть (pnutʹ).

Pronunciation

Noun

пядь • (pjadʹ) f inan (genitive пя́ди, nominative plural пя́ди, genitive plural пяде́й or пя́дей)

  1. (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)
  2. (archaic) small area of land
  3. (archaic) hand
  4. (archaic) sole of the foot, foot

Declension
Declension of пядь (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-e/a) 
singular plural
nominative пя́дь
pjádʹ		 пя́ди
pjádi
genitive пя́ди
pjádi		 пяде́й, пя́дей
pjadéj, pjádej
dative пя́ди
pjádi		 пядя́м, пя́дям
pjadjám, pjádjam
accusative пя́дь
pjádʹ		 пя́ди
pjádi
instrumental пя́дью
pjádʹju		 пядя́ми, пя́дями
pjadjámi, pjádjami
prepositional пя́ди
pjádi		 пядя́х, пя́дях
pjadjáx, pjádjax

Synonyms
  • пядень (pjadenʹ), пядка (pjadka), пяденька (pjadenʹka), пяденица (pjadenica)
  • семи́ пядей во лбу (semí pjadej vo lbu)
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