оковы
Russian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *okovъ.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]око́вы • (okóvy) f inan pl (genitive око́в, plural only)
- shackles, manacles, gyves, fetters, irons (paired wrist or ankle restraints)
- 1876, Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 5:4:
- потому что многократно был он скован оковами и цепями, но разрывал цепи и разбивал оковы, и никто не в силах был укротить его…
- potomu što mnogokratno byl on skovan okovami i cepjami, no razryval cepi i razbival okovy, i nikto ne v silax byl ukrotitʹ jevo…
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (figuratively) bondage
Declension
[edit]Declension of око́вы (inan pl-only fem-form hard-stem accent-a)
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