цель
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cel"
Russian
Alternative forms
- цѣль (cělʹ) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Polish cel (“aim, goal”), in turn from Middle High German zil (whence German Ziel); compare Bulgarian цел (cel).
Noun
цель • (celʹ) f inan (genitive це́ли, nominative plural це́ли, genitive plural це́лей, relational adjective целево́й)
Declension
Derived terms
- бесце́льный (bescélʹnyj)
- бесце́льно (bescélʹno)
- прице́л m (pricél)
- целево́й (celevój)
- нецелево́й (necelevój)
- целенапра́вленный (celenaprávlennyj)
- целесообра́зный (celesoobráznyj)
- целеустремлённый (celeustremljónnyj)
- це́лить impf (célitʹ)
- це́литься impf (célitʹsja), прице́литься pf (pricélitʹsja)
Descendants
- → Yakut: сыал (sıal)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “цель”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “цель”, 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 365
Etymology 2
Verb
цель • (celʹ)
- second-person singular imperative imperfective of це́лить (célitʹ)