циль

See also: ціль, циљ, and Appendix:Variations of "cil"

Pannonian Rusyn

Alternative forms

• цил (cil) — dialectal, Kucura

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak cíl, cíľ, from Old Czech cíl, ultimately from Middle High German zil, whence modern German Ziel. Slavic cognates include Belarusian цэль (celʹ), Czech cíl, Polish cel, Russian цель (celʹ), Serbo-Croatian циљ / cilj, Slovak cieľ, and Ukrainian ціль (cilʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡siʎ]
• Rhymes: -iʎ
• Hyphenation: циль

Noun

циль (cilʹ) m inan

1. goal, purpose, aim

   Synonyms: мета (meta), намена (namena), прициль (pricilʹ)

   Near-synonym: намера (namera, “intention”)

   • 2024 November 4, Ан. Медєши, “Огньогасци отримали указуюци вежби”, in Руске Слово‎^[1]:

     Окрем популаризациї огньогаства медзи младима, як гварели члени ДОД, циль таких вежбох и же би ше змоцнєйло схопносци огньогасцох и тих хтори ратую, понеже їх реакция часто ключни фактор у ситуацийох борби за живот.

     Okrem popularizaciji ohnʹohastva medzi mladima, jak hvareli členi DOD, cilʹ takix vežbox i že bi še zmocnjejlo sxopnosci ohnʹohascox i tix xtori ratuju, poneže jix reakcija často ključni faktor u situacijox borbi za život.

     In addition to the popularization of firefighting among young people, as DOD members said, the purpose of such exercises is also to strengthen the skills of firefighters and rescuers, as their reaction is often a key factor in life-threatening situations.

2. (sometimes of sports) finish line, end, target

   Near-synonym: ґол (gol, “soccer/football goal”)

   сцигнул на циль остатнї ― scihnul na cilʹ ostatnji ― he reached the finish line last

Declension

Declension of циль

	singular	plural
nominative	циль cilʹ	цилї cilji
genitive	циля cilja	цильох cilʹox
dative	цилю cilju	цильом cilʹom
accusative	циль cilʹ	цилї cilji
instrumental	цильом cilʹom	цилями ciljami
locative	цилю cilju	цильох cilʹox
vocative	цилю cilju	цилї cilji

Related terms

adjectives

• безцильни (bezcilʹni)
• доцильни (docilʹni)

nouns

• доцильносц f (docilʹnosc)
• прициль m inan (pricilʹ)

verbs

• нацильовац pf (nacilʹovac)
• поцильовац pf (pocilʹovac)
• цильовац impf (cilʹovac)

References

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “циль”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “aim”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 21
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “goal”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 127
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “target”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 321