ліхтар

Ukrainian

Etymology

Probably from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German liuhtære (“candlestick”) via (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Polish lichtarz (“candlestick”). Compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Russian dial. лихта́р (lixtár, “candlestick”), German Leuchter (“candlestick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lʲixˈtar]

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Noun

ліхта́р • (lixtár) m inan (genitive ліхтаря́, nominative plural ліхтарі́)

1. lantern

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ліхтар”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лихтар”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress