зеніт

From Medieval Latin cenit, from Arabic سَمْت (samt, “direction, path”). Compare Russian зени́т (zenít), Polish zenit.

• IPA^(key): [zeˈnʲit]

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зені́т • (zenít) m inan (genitive зені́ту, nominative plural зені́ти, genitive plural зені́тів)

1. (astronomy) zenith (point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer; the point in the celestial sphere opposite the nadir)
2. (figuratively) zenith (highest point or state; peak)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “зеніт”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2016), “зеніт”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 7 (кварта́л – кя́хтинський), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “зеніт”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “зеніт”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “зеніт”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)