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Ukrainian
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek περι- (peri-) + ἥλιος (hḗlios). Compare Russian периге́лий (perigélij), Belarusian перыге́лій (pjeryhjélij).
Pronunciation
Noun
периге́лій • (peryhélij) m inan (genitive периге́лію, nominative plural периге́лії, genitive plural периге́ліїв)
- (astronomy) perihelion
- Antonym: афе́лій m (afélij)
Declension
Declension of периге́лій (inan j-stem masc-form accent-a)
References
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1975), “перигелій”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 6 (П – Поїсти), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 323
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “перигелій”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “перигелій”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “перигелій”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)