петля

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *petьľa, from an Old Germanic i-umlauted form of Proto-Germanic *fatilaz: compare Old Norse fetill, Old High German fezzil (German Fessel), Old English fetel (English fettle).

• петля́: IPA^(key): [pʲɪtˈlʲa] (more modern, more colloquial and more common)

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• пе́тля: IPA^(key): [ˈpʲetlʲə] (traditional but less common)

петля́ or пе́тля^* • (petljá or pétlja^*) f inan (genitive петли́ or пе́тли^*, nominative plural пе́тли, genitive plural пе́тель, relational adjective пе́тельный or пете́льный or петлево́й, diminutive пе́телька or пете́лька) (* traditional but less common)

1. loop (length of thread, line or rope, a shape produced by a curve)
2. noose
3. buttonhole, eye
4. stitch
   • 1973, Михаил Булгаков [Mikhail Bulgakov], “Глава XXVII. Конец квартиры № 50”, in Мастер и Маргарита; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Master and Margarita, London: Penguin Books, 1997:

     Двена́дцать челове́к осуществля́ли сле́дствие, собира́я, как на спи́цу, окая́нные пе́тли э́того сло́жного де́ла, разброса́вшиеся по всей Москве́.

     Dvenádcatʹ čelovék osuščestvljáli slédstvije, sobirája, kak na spícu, okajánnyje pétli étovo slóžnovo déla, razbrosávšijesja po vsej Moskvé.

     Twelve men conducted the investigation, gathering as on a knitting-needle the accursed stitches of this complicated case scattered all over Moscow.

5. hinge

Recommendations/prescriptions on the stress of the word vary.

• петли́стый (petlístyj)
• петли́ца f (petlíca)
• петля́ть impf (petljátʹ)

Compound words:

• петлевя́з m (petlevjáz), петлевя́зка f (petlevjázka)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “петля”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “петля”, 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 26

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “петля”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

Inherited from Old Ruthenian *петлꙗ (*petlja) (attested in петлица, петелька (petlica, petelʹka)), from Proto-Slavic *petьľa.

• IPA^(key): [petʲˈlʲa]

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петля́ • (petljá) f inan (genitive петлі́, nominative plural пе́тлі, genitive plural пе́тель, relational adjective пете́льний or петльови́й or петлеви́й, diminutive пете́лька)

1. loop (a length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening)
2. noose
3. loop (a shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself)
4. buttonhole, eyelet, eye
5. (knitting) stitch, link
6. staple (a U-shaped metal bar used alongside hasp to secure doors, gates, etc.)

   Synonym: скоба́ (skobá)

7. hinge

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “петля”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “петля”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “петля”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]
• “петля”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “петля”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua, Slovnyk.ua]‎^[2]