палець

Ukrainian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old East Slavic пальць (palĭcĭ), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Slavic *palьcь (“thumb, finger”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

па́лець • (pálecʹ) m inan (genitive па́льця, nominative plural па́льці)

1. finger (digit of the hand, including the thumb)
2. toe (digit of the foot)
3. part of a glove covering a finger

Derived terms

• вели́кий па́лець (velýkyj pálecʹ)

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “палець”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka