лещата
Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *leščetь, *leščedь, related to *leskati (“to strike”). Compare Polish leszczota (“splint”) (related, per Brückner,[1] to Polish kleszcze (“forceps, pincers; pliers”)), Belarusian ляшчо́ткі (ljaščótki), кляшчо́тка (kljaščótka).[2][3]
Pronunciation
- ле́щата: IPA(key): [ˈɫɛʃt͡ʃɐtɐ]
- леща́та: IPA(key): [ɫeʃˈt͡ʃatɐ]
Noun
ле́ща́та • (léščáta) n inan pl (genitive ле́ща́т, plural only)
- vice (UK), vise (US) (mechanical screw apparatus used for clamping)
- (dated sense) splints (device to immobilize a body part)
- (dated sense) stick split at one end
- (dialectal) tongs; pincers
- Synonym: клі́щі m pl (klíšči)
Declension
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | ле́ща́та léščáta |
| genitive | ле́ща́т léščát |
| dative | ле́ща́там léščátam |
| accusative | ле́ща́та léščáta |
| instrumental | ле́ща́тами léščátamy |
| locative | ле́ща́тах léščátax |
| vocative | ле́ща́та léščáta |
References
- ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “kleszcze”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, page 296
- ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “лещата”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 41
- ^ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1990), “ляшчоткі”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 6 (лі́ра – мая́чыць), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 148
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2017), “лещата”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 8 (л – мішу́рний), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN, page 138
- “лещата”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection][1]
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1973), “лещата”, 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 481
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “лещата”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “лещата”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “лещата”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “лещата”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua, Slovnyk.ua][2]