сотня

Russian

Etymology

со́тый (sótyj) + -ня (-nja)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsotʲnʲə]
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Noun

со́тня (sótnja) f inan (genitive со́тни, nominative plural со́тни, genitive plural со́тен)

  1. a hundred
  2. (historical) a Cossack military unit; company
    Чёрная со́тняČórnaja sótnjaBlack Hundreds

Declension

References

  • Šapošnikov, A. K. (2010), сотня”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ sovremennovo russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, page 360
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