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Ukrainian
Etymology
From запобі́жний (zapobížnyj, “preventative”) + -ик (-yk), from запобігати (zapobihaty, “to prevent”), from бі́гти (bíhty).
Pronunciation
Noun
запобі́жник • (zapobížnyk) m inan (genitive запобі́жника, nominative plural запобі́жники, genitive plural запобі́жників)
- arrester, cut-out, inhibitor, preventer, safeguard (a device that stops or prevents)
- (electricity) fuse
плавкий запобіжник- plavkyj zapobižnyk
- safety fuse
запобіжник-вимикач- zapobižnyk-vymykač
- fuse cutout, circuit-breaker
- (firearms) safety catch, safety
- (technology) pawl
- Synonym: соба́чка f (sobáčka)
Declension
Declension of запобі́жник (inan velar masc-form accent-a)
References
- “запобіжник”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1972), “запобіжник”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (З), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 268
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2014), “запобіжник”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 5 (з – зв'я́нути), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN, page 432
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “запобіжник”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “запобіжник”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “запобіжник”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “запобіжник”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)