напёрсток

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напёрсток

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *napьrstъkъ. By surface analysis, на- (na-) +‎ перст (perst, finger) +‎ -ок (-ok).

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Noun

напёрсток (napjórstokm inan (genitive напёрстка, nominative plural напёрстки, genitive plural напёрстков, relational adjective напёрсточный, diminutive напёрсточек)

  1. (sewing) thimble
    • 1913, Максим Горький [Maxim Gorky], “II”, in Детство; English translation from Ronald Wilks, transl., My Childhood, 1966:
      Жела́я пошути́ть над полуслепы́м Григо́рием, дя́дя Михаи́л веле́л девятиле́тнему племя́ннику накали́ть на огне́ свечи́ напё́рсток ма́стера. Са́ша зажа́л напё́рсток щипца́ми для снима́ния нага́ра со свеч, си́льно накали́л его́ и, незаме́тно подложи́в под ру́ку Григо́рия, спря́тался за пе́чку, но как раз в э́тот моме́нт пришё́л де́душка, сел за рабо́ту и сам су́нул па́лец в калё́ный напё́рсток.
      Želája pošutítʹ nad poluslepým Grigórijem, djádja Mixaíl velél devjatilétnemu plemjánniku nakalítʹ na ogné svečí napjórstok mástera. Sáša zažál napjórstok ščipcámi dlja snimánija nagára so sveč, sílʹno nakalíl jevó i, nezamétno podložív pod rúku Grigórija, sprjátalsja za péčku, no kak raz v étot momént prišól déduška, sel za rabótu i sam súnul pálec v kaljónyj napjórstok.
      Deciding to play a joke on Grigory who was half blind, Uncle Mikhail told his nine-year-old nephew to heat Grigory’s thimble over a candle. Sasha gripped the thimble in some pincers used for snuffing the candles, waited until it was red-hot, put it down near Grigory’s hand without him seeing, and hid behind the stove. At that moment who should come in but Grandfather, who sat down and put his finger in the red-hot thimble.

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