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Borrowed from Polish spina, from Latin spīna.

спина́ (spináf inan (genitive спины́, nominative plural спи́ны, genitive plural спин, relational adjective спинно́й, diminutive спи́нка)

  1. back, the rear of the torso
  2. (by extension) the back of a piece of furniture etc.
  3. (obsolete) spine, backbone
    Synonyms: позвоно́чник (pozvonóčnik), хребе́т (xrebét)
  • Miklosich, Franz (1886) Etymologisches Wörterbuch der slavischen Sprachen (in German), Vienna: Wilhelm Braumüller, page 318
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “спина́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Krysko, V. B., editor (2006), “спина”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.] (in Russian), issue 27 (спасъ – старицынъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 32

Borrowed from Polish spina, from Latin spīna.

спи́на (spýnaf inan (genitive спи́ни, nominative plural спи́ни, genitive plural спин)

  1. back, the rear of the torso