рель

• рѣль (rělʹ), риль (rilʹ) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Unknown. Cognate to Ukrainian ре́лі (réli, “swing”). Lithuanian rėklės f pl (“trapdoor; rod scaffolding for drying; Söller, مِحراب”), rėklai m pl (“garret, Lucht”), Old Prussian riklis (glossed as Middle Low German suller), may point to a Baltic term, otherwise connected with Dutch rek and ra. A Germanic cognate of German Riegel or English reel may also have been borrowed through some kind of specialist exchange.

• IPA^(key):

рель • (relʹ) f inan (genitive ре́ли, nominative plural ре́ли, genitive plural ре́лей) (dated village dialect)

1. floodmeadow, floodplain
2. (in the plural) ridge, crest
3. (in the plural) sawhorse, trestle
4. (in the plural) groyne
5. (in the plural) chicken ladder
6. (in the plural) swing, a hanging seat for children’s play
7. (in the plural or singular) gallows

• Bogatova, G. A., editor (1997), “рель”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.] (in Russian), issue 22 (раскидатися – рященко), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 141
• Preobrazhensky, A. G. (1914–1916) “рель”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2 (П – С), numbers 10–14, Moscow: G. Lissner & D. Sobko Publishing House, page 196
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “рель”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Zubatý, Josef (1894) “Slavische Etymologien”, in Archiv für slavische Philologie (in German), volume 16, Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, page 409 Nr. 47