перчатка

Russian

кожаные перчатки

Etymology

From Old East Slavic пьрстатица (pĭrstatica), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *pьrstъ (finger). Related to перст (perst, finger). The sense of fifty-five in lotto comes from the two verses Вме́сто ва́ленок перча́тки / Натя́нул себе́ на пя́тки. (Vmésto válenok perčátki / Natjánul sebé na pjátki.) in the poem and 1975 film Вот какой рассе́янный, connecting пя́тка (pjátka) to пять (pjatʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pʲɪrˈt͡ɕatkə]
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Noun

перча́тка • (perčátka) f inan (genitive перча́тки, nominative plural перча́тки, genitive plural перча́ток, relational adjective перча́точный, diminutive перча́точка)

  1. glove (with separate sheaths for each finger), gauntlet
  2. (in the plural, slang) snakes alive, fifty-five in the lotto game

Declension

Descendants

  • Bashkir: бирсәткә (birsətkə)
  • Georgian: ხელთათმანი (xeltatmani)
  • Mingrelian: ფერჩატკი (perčaṭḳi), ფეჩატკი (pečaṭḳi), ფერჩქატი (perčkaṭi), ფეჩქატი (pečkaṭi)

See also

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “перчатка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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