пяльцы
See also: пальцы
Russian
Alternative forms
- пя́льца n pl (pjálʹca), пя́льце n sg (pjálʹce)
Etymology
From пя́лить (pjálitʹ, “to stretch tight, tauten”) + -цы (-cy), a back-formation from пя́ло (pjálo, “frame onto which leather is stretched”), from Proto-Slavic *pędlo, from *pęti (“to stretch”) + *-dlo.
Compare Ukrainian п'я́льці (pʺjálʹci), п'я́льця (pʺjálʹcja).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpʲælʲt͡sɨ]
Declension
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