# кий
## Bulgarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kij]

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kyjь.

#### Noun

кий • (kij) m (obsolete)
* 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?
* pointy tool, stick, rode

##### Coordinate terms

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

##### Derived terms

* (diminutive) ки́ец (kíec)
* (instrumental) кию́га (kijúga)
* кия́вица (kijávica)
* кия́вка (kijávka)
* (instrumental) ки́як (kíjak)
* кия́нец (kijánec)

##### Related terms

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

#### References

* 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

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

кий • (kij) m
* (in cuesports) cue of a tapering stick

##### Coordinate terms

* ще́ка (štéka, “cue stick”)

#### References

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

## Itelmen
### Noun

кий (kij) (plural кийэʼн, locative singular кийэнк)
* river
    Потом кий тмалк. А кийэнк ныйныԓ нәњчэ’н.Also the river was near. There were many fish in the river.

### References

* 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

## Russian
### Alternative forms

* кій (kij) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kyjь.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kʲij]

### Noun

кий • (kij) m inan (genitive ки́я or кия́, nominative plural кии́, genitive plural киёв)
* (dated) stick
    Synonym: па́лка (pálka)
* 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.

#### Descendants

* → Yakut: кий (kiy)

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kyjь.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kɪi̯]

### Noun

кий • (kyj) m inan (genitive ки́я, nominative plural ки́ї, genitive plural ки́їв)
* stick
    Synonyms: па́лиця (pálycja), па́лка (pálka)
* cue (straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool)

#### Declension
### References

* 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
* “кий”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)

## Yakut
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian кий (kij).

### Noun

кий • (kiy)
* (billiards) (and related games) cue