цель
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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
Related terms
- прице́л (pricél)
- целить (celitʹ)
- це́литься impf (célitʹsja), прице́литься pf (pricélitʹsja)
- целево́й (celevój)
- нецелево́й (necelevój)
- целесообра́зный (celesoobráznyj)
- целенапра́вленный (celenaprávlennyj)
- целеустремлённый (celeustremljónnyj)
- бесце́льно (bescélʹno)
Descendants
- → Yakut: сыал (sıal)
Etymology 2
Verb
цель • (celʹ)
- second-person singular imperative imperfective of це́лить (célitʹ)