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Ukrainian
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish kryształ, ultimately from Byzantine Greek κρουστάλλιον (kroustállion), a diminutive form of κρούσταλλον (kroústallon), a variant of Byzantine Greek κρύσταλλον (krústallon), both ultimately from Ancient Greek κρύσταλλος (krústallos). Compare Greek κρούσταλλο (kroústallo).
Pronunciation
Noun
кришта́ль • (kryštálʹ) m inan (genitive кришта́лю, nominative plural кришта́лі, genitive plural кришта́лів, relational adjective криштале́вий or кришта́льний, diminutive кришта́лик)
- crystal, cut glass, lead glass (glass with a high refractive index, used for making fine glassware; by extension, fine glassware made of such glass)
Declension
Further reading
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “кришта́ль”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 95
- Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “кришта́ль”, in Словарь украинского языка (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “кришта́ль”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- “кришта́ль”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)