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Russian
Etymology
From Latin spīrālis from Latin spīra, from Ancient Greek σπεῖρα (speîra, “wreath, coil, twist”).
Pronunciation
Noun
спира́ль • (spirálʹ) f inan (genitive спира́ли, nominative plural спира́ли, genitive plural спира́лей, diminutive спира́лька)
- spiral, spire helix
- (medicine) loop, Lippes loop
Declension
Derived terms
- Borrowed
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “спираль”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “спираль”, 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 193
Further reading
- спираль in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru