Ukrainian

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 кисень on Ukrainian Wikipedia
Chemical element
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Etymology

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From ки́снути (kýsnuty, to turn sour) +‎ -ень (-enʹ), a freely translated calque of New Latin oxygenium.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkɪsenʲ]
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Noun

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ки́сень (kýsenʹm inan (genitive ки́сню, uncountable, relational adjective кисне́вий)

  1. (uncountable) oxygen (chemical element)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “кисень”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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