долото

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Russian

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Etymology

From Old East Slavic долото (doloto), from Proto-Slavic *dolto, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dálbta, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelbʰ-. Related to Russian долби́ть (dolbítʹ, to peck, to gouge a hole in, to knock, to hit).

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Noun

долото́ (dolotón inan (genitive долота́, nominative plural доло́та, genitive plural доло́т, diminutive долотцо́)

  1. chisel
    • 1887, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], “Глава вторая. Таинственный незнакомец”, in Каштанка; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Kashtanka, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2020:
      Федюшка, с долото́м в руке́, погна́лся за пу́делем, пото́м вдруг сам покры́лся мохна́той ше́рстью, ве́село зала́ял и очути́лся о́коло Кашта́нки.
      Fedjuška, s dolotóm v ruké, pognálsja za púdelem, potóm vdrug sam pokrýlsja moxnátoj šérstʹju, véselo zalájal i očutílsja ókolo Kaštánki.
      Fedyushka was chasing the poodle with a chisel in his hand; then all at once he too was covered with shaggy fur, and barked merrily beside Kashtanka.
  2. boring bit, drill bit, gouge, rock-drill

Declension

Descendants

  • Votic: dolottõ

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “долото”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Further reading

  • долото in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old Ukrainian долото (doloto), from Old East Slavic долото (doloto), from Proto-Slavic *dolto, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dálbta, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelbʰ-.

Pronunciation

Noun

долото́ (dolotón inan (genitive долота́, nominative plural доло́та, genitive plural долі́т)

  1. chisel

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