фитиль

See also: фитиљ

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Russian фитиль, фетиль, ѳитиль, ѳетиль (fitilʹ, fetilʹ, fitilʹ, fetilʹ) (att. since 1610s in R. James' dictionary, also likely related pl. ветили in 1597), borrowed – probably in the context of firearms and artillery technology, where it displaced indigenous жагра (žagra, tinder, especially a fungal one; match in a matchlock) – from Ottoman Turkish فتیل (wick; fuse) (whence Turkish fitil) from Arabic فَتِيل (fatīl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fʲɪˈtʲilʲ]

Noun

фити́ль • (fitílʹ) m inan (genitive фитиля́, nominative plural фитили́, genitive plural фитиле́й, relational adjective фити́льный)

  1. wick
  2. fuse

Declension

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