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Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
тенета́ • (tenetá) n inan
- genitive singular of тенето́ (tenetó)
Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian тене́та (tenéta), from the plural of Old East Slavic тенето (teneto), from Proto-Slavic *teneto.
Pronunciation
Noun
тене́та • (tenéta) n inan pl (genitive тене́т, plural only, relational adjective тене́тний or тене́товий)
- net (a mesh of string, cord or rope, used for trapping animals)
- Synonyms: сі́тка (sítka), сіть (sitʹ), мере́жа (meréža), бре́день (brédenʹ), наві́д (navíd)
- (uncommon) spiderweb, web, cobweb
- Synonym: павути́на (pavutýna)
- tangle (a tangled twisted mass)
- Synonyms: павути́на (pavutýna), сіть (sitʹ), пле́тиво (plétyvo)
- (figuratively) shackles, fetters, cage, prison, snare (something that restricts, traps or puts in a desperate situation)
- Synonyms: павути́на (pavutýna), клі́тка (klítka), па́стка (pástka), кайда́ни (kajdány), око́ви (okóvy)
Declension
Declension of тене́та (inan pl-only hard neut-form accent-a)
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plural
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nominative
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тене́та tenéta
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genitive
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тене́т tenét
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dative
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тене́там tenétam
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accusative
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тене́та tenéta
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instrumental
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тене́тами tenétamy
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locative
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тене́тах tenétax
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vocative
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тене́та tenéta
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Derived terms
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “тенета”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “тенета”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “тенета”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “тенета”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “тенета”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “тенета”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)