"змей" meaning in Russian

See змей in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [zmʲej]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zmьjь. Doublet of змий (zmij), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ru|sla-pro|*zmьjь|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Slavic *zmьjь, {{inh+|ru|sla-pro|*zmьjь}} Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zmьjь, {{doublet|ru|змий}} Doublet of змий (zmij) Head templates: {{ru-noun+||a=both}} змей • (zmej) m anim or m inan (genitive зме́я, nominative plural зме́и, genitive plural зме́ев) Forms: zmej [romanization], зме́я [genitive], зме́и [nominative, plural], зме́ев [genitive, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], зме́й [nominative, singular], зме́и [nominative, plural], зме́я [genitive, singular], зме́ев [genitive, plural], зме́ю [dative, singular], зме́ям [dative, plural], зме́я [accusative, animate, singular], зме́ев [accusative, animate, plural], зме́й [accusative, inanimate, singular], зме́и [accusative, inanimate, plural], зме́ем [instrumental, singular], зме́ями [instrumental, plural], зме́е [prepositional, singular], зме́ях [plural, prepositional], змѣй [alternative]
  1. (mythology) serpent, dragon
    Sense id: en-змей-ru-noun-gmYxZNcF Categories (other): Mythology, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Russian entries with incorrect language header, Russian links with redundant alt parameters, Russian links with redundant wikilinks, Russian nouns with accent pattern a, Russian nouns with multiple animacies, Dragons Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 7 7 7 7 24 24 7 7 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 7 7 7 24 24 7 7 8 Disambiguation of Russian entries with incorrect language header: 70 9 6 15 Disambiguation of Russian links with redundant alt parameters: 89 7 5 Disambiguation of Russian links with redundant wikilinks: 83 10 7 Disambiguation of Russian nouns with accent pattern a: 46 27 27 Disambiguation of Russian nouns with multiple animacies: 65 19 16 Disambiguation of Dragons: 81 6 6 7 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  2. (figuratively) snake (crafty, wily, evil man) Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-змей-ru-noun-kDqbARlT
  3. kite (flying toy)
    Sense id: en-змей-ru-noun-MZfi80b2 Categories (other): Toys Disambiguation of Toys: 36 9 45 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: возду́шный змей (vozdúšnyj zmej), зелёный змий (zeljónyj zmij), змея́ (zmejá), змий (zmij)
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 0

Noun

IPA: [zmʲej] Forms: zmej [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|ru|noun form|g=f-an-p}} змей • (zmej) f anim pl
  1. genitive/accusative plural of змея́ (zmejá) Tags: accusative, form-of, genitive, plural Form of: змея́ (extra: zmejá)
    Sense id: en-змей-ru-noun-mJ8pASEb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "snake (crafty, wily, evil man)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "snake",
          "snake"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) snake (crafty, wily, evil man)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "kite (flying toy)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "kite",
          "kite"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[zmʲej]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "змей"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Russian 1-syllable words",
    "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Russian non-lemma forms",
    "Russian noun forms",
    "Russian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "ru:Dragons",
    "ru:People",
    "ru:Toys"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "zmej",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "noun form",
        "g": "f-an-p"
      },
      "expansion": "змей • (zmej) f anim pl",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "zmejá",
          "word": "змея́"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "genitive/accusative plural of змея́ (zmejá)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "змея́",
          "змея#Russian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "form-of",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[zmʲej]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "змей"
}

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