кліщі

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *klěšča. Doublet of кліщ (klišč).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈklʲiʃt͡ʃʲi]

клі́щі • (klíšči) m inan pl (genitive клі́щів, plural only, diminutive клі́щики)

1. (chiefly metalworking) tongs (an instrument or tool used for picking things up without touching them with the hands or fingers, consisting of two slats or grips hinged at the end or in the middle)

   Hypernym: щи́пці m pl (ščýpci)

2. (military) pincer movement, pincer attack

   бра́ти / взя́ти в клі́щі ― bráty / vzjáty v klíšči ― to catch in a pincer attack / pincer movement

3. (colloquial) pincers (front claws of crustaceans)

   Synonym: кле́шні f pl (kléšni)

4. hames (part of the harness that fits round the neck of a draught horse that the reins pass through)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): [klʲiʃˈt͡ʃʲi]

кліщі́ • (kliščí) m animal or m animal pl

1. inflection of кліщ (klišč):
   1. locative singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2016), “кліщі”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 7 (кварта́л – кя́хтинський), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN, page 158
• “кліщі”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1973), “кліщі”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (І – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 186
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “кліщі”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “кліщі”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “кліщі”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “кліщі”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua, Slovnyk.ua]‎^[2]