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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *petьľa, from an Old Germanic i-umlauted form of Proto-Germanic *fatilaz: compare Old Norse fetill, Old High German fezzil (German Fessel), Old English fetel (English fettle).
Pronunciation
- петля́: IPA(key): (more modern, more colloquial and more common)
- пе́тля: IPA(key): (traditional but less common)
Noun
петля́ or пе́тля* • (petljá or pétlja*) f inan (genitive петли́ or пе́тли*, nominative plural пе́тли, genitive plural пе́тель, relational adjective пе́тельный or пете́льный or петлево́й, diminutive пе́телька or пете́лька) (* traditional but less common)
- loop (length of thread, line or rope, a shape produced by a curve)
- noose
- buttonhole, eye
- stitch
1973, Михаил Булгаков [Mikhail Bulgakov], “Глава XXVII. Конец квартиры № 50”, in Мастер и Маргарита; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Master and Margarita, London: Penguin Books, 1997:Двена́дцать челове́к осуществля́ли сле́дствие, собира́я, как на спи́цу, окая́нные пе́тли э́того сло́жного де́ла, разброса́вшиеся по всей Москве́.- Dvenádcatʹ čelovék osuščestvljáli slédstvije, sobirája, kak na spícu, okajánnyje pétli étovo slóžnovo déla, razbrosávšijesja po vsej Moskvé.
- Twelve men conducted the investigation, gathering as on a knitting-needle the accursed stitches of this complicated case scattered all over Moscow.
- hinge
Usage notes
Recommendations/prescriptions on the stress of the word vary.
Declension
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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петля́, пе́тля*
petljá, pétlja*
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пе́тли
pétli
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| genitive
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петли́, пе́тли*
petlí, pétli*
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пе́тель
pételʹ
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| dative
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петле́, пе́тле*
petlé, pétle*
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пе́тлям
pétljam
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| accusative
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петлю́, пе́тлю**
petljú, pétlju**
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пе́тли
pétli
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| instrumental
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петлёй, петлёю, пе́тлей, пе́тлею*
petljój, petljóju, pétlej, pétleju*
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пе́тлями
pétljami
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| prepositional
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петле́, пе́тле*
petlé, pétle*
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пе́тлях
pétljax
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* Traditional but less common.
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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петля́, пе́тля*
petljá, pétlja*
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пе́тли
pétli
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| genitive
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петли́, пе́тли*
petlí, pétli*
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пе́тель
pételʹ
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| dative
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петлѣ́, пе́тлѣ*
petlě́, pétlě*
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пе́тлямъ
pétljam
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| accusative
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петлю́, пе́тлю**
petljú, pétlju**
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пе́тли
pétli
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| instrumental
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петлёй, петлёю, пе́тлей, пе́тлею*
petljój, petljóju, pétlej, pétleju*
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пе́тлями
pétljami
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| prepositional
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петлѣ́, пе́тлѣ*
petlě́, pétlě*
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пе́тляхъ
pétljax
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* Traditional but less common.
Derived terms
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “петля”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “петля”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 26