петля

See also: петља

Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *petьľa, from an Old Germanic i-umlauted form of Proto-Germanic *fatilaz: compare Old Norse fetill, Old High German fezzil (German Fessel), Old English fetel (English fettle).

Pronunciation

• пе́тля: IPA^(key): [ˈpʲetlʲə]
• петля́: IPA^(key): [pʲɪtˈlʲa]

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Noun

пе́тля or петля́ • (pétlja or petljá) f inan (genitive пе́тли or петли́, nominative plural пе́тли, genitive plural пе́тель)

1. loop (length of thread, line or rope, a shape produced by a curve)
2. noose
3. buttonhole, eye
4. stitch
5. hinge

Declension

Declension of пе́тля, петля́ (inan fem-form soft-stem accent-a/d reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	пе́тля, петля́ pétlja, petljá	пе́тли pétli
genitive	пе́тли, петли́ pétli, petlí	пе́тель pételʹ
dative	пе́тле, петле́ pétle, petlé	пе́тлям pétljam
accusative	пе́тлю, петлю́ pétlju, petljú	пе́тли pétli
instrumental	пе́тлей, пе́тлею, петлёй, петлёю pétlej, pétleju, petljój, petljóju	пе́тлями pétljami
prepositional	пе́тле, петле́ pétle, petlé	пе́тлях pétljax

Related terms

• петли́ца (petlíca)
• петля́ть (petljátʹ)

References

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