фитиль

See also: фитиљ

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Russian фитиль, фетиль, ѳитиль, ѳетиль (fitilʹ, fetilʹ, fitilʹ, fetilʹ) (att. since 1610s in R. James' dictionary, also likely related pl. ветили in 1597), borrowed – probably in the context of firearms and artillery technology, where it displaced indigenous жагра (žagra, “tinder, especially a fungal one; match in a matchlock”) – from Ottoman Turkish فتیل (“wick; fuse”) (whence Turkish fitil) from Arabic فَتِيل (fatīl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fʲɪˈtʲilʲ]

Noun

фити́ль • (fitílʹ) m inan (genitive фитиля́, nominative plural фитили́, genitive plural фитиле́й, relational adjective фити́льный, diminutive фитилёк)

1. wick
2. fuse

Declension

Declension of фити́ль (inan masc-form soft-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	фити́ль fitílʹ	фитили́ fitilí
genitive	фитиля́ fitiljá	фитиле́й fitiléj
dative	фитилю́ fitiljú	фитиля́м fitiljám
accusative	фити́ль fitílʹ	фитили́ fitilí
instrumental	фитилём fitiljóm	фитиля́ми fitiljámi
prepositional	фитиле́ fitilé	фитиля́х fitiljáx

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “фитиль”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “фитиль”, 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 315
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жагра”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress