вензель

Russian

Вензель великой княгини Ксении Александровны

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish węzeł, from Proto-Slavic *ǫzlъ. Doublet of у́зел (úzel), the inherited East Slavic form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvʲen⁽ʲ⁾zʲɪlʲ]

Noun

ве́нзель • (vénzelʹ) m inan (genitive ве́нзеля, nominative plural вензеля́, genitive plural вензеле́й)

  1. cipher, device, monogram (intricately interwoven initials)
    писа́ть/выпи́сывать вензеля́
    pisátʹ/vypísyvatʹ venzeljá
    to cut figures/capers; to stagger/weave/reel along (of a drunken person)

Declension

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish węzeł, from Proto-Slavic *ǫzlъ. Doublet of ву́зол (vúzol).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʋɛnzelʲ]

Noun

ве́нзель • (vénzelʹ) m inan (genitive ве́нзеля, nominative plural ве́нзелі, genitive plural ве́нзелів)

  1. cipher (combination of interwoven initials)

Declension

References

  • Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “вензель”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
  • вензель”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
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