how to pronounce покойник

/pɐˈkojnʲɪk/

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покойник is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of покойник in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… из первых покойник дольше всех остальных …”

meanings of покойник

noun:

The deceased.

покойник frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word покойник occurs in russian on average 0.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.