No. 12,659 in Russian
копейку
The Russian word "копейку" means "kopeck," a monetary unit equal to 1/100th of a Russian ruble.
In a sentence
Он бросил копейку в копилку.
He tossed a kopeck into the piggy bank.
Here, 'копейку' refers to the specific coin of value 'one kopeck', used in the context of saving or monetary actions.
Этот старый автомобиль стоит копейку.
This old car costs a kopeck.
In this usage, 'копейку' refers to an insignificant amount of money, figuratively implying that the cost or value is very low.
Она не сделала и копейки прибыли на этом проекте.
She didn't make even a kopeck of profit on this project.
Here, 'копейки' (a grammatical inflection of 'копейку') symbolizes a unit measure of profit or money, used metaphorically to indicate absence of earnings.
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