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паутина

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Etymology

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This form arose by confusion between Old East Slavic паучина (paučina) (a form still found in dialects), inherited from Proto-Slavic *paǫčina, and dialectal пути́на (putína), which is related to the word пу́ты (púty, fetters).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [pəʊˈtʲinə]
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Noun

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паути́на (pautínaf inan (genitive паути́ны, nominative plural паути́ны, genitive plural паути́н, diminutive паути́нка)

  1. spiderweb, cobweb
    • 1887, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], Свирель; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Pipe, 1918:
      Разморё́нный духото́ю ело́вой ча́щи, весь в паути́не и в хво́йных и́глах, пробира́лся с ружьё́м к опу́шке прика́зчик из Деме́нтьева ху́тора, Мелито́н Ши́шкин.
      Razmorjónnyj duxotóju jelóvoj čášči, vesʹ v pautíne i v xvójnyx íglax, probirálsja s ružʹjóm k opúške prikázčik iz Deméntʹjeva xútora, Melitón Šíškin.
      Meliton Shishkin, a bailiff from the Dementyev farm, exhausted by the sultry heat of the fir-wood and covered with spiders' webs and pine-needles, made his way with his gun to the edge of the wood.

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Further reading

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