шпиль

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Spill.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʂpʲilʲ]

Noun

шпиль • (špilʹ) m inan (genitive шпи́ля, nominative plural шпи́ли, genitive plural шпи́лей)

  1. spire, steeple, spike
    Мо́лния уда́рила в шпиль, располо́женный на кры́ше гла́вного ко́рпуса.Mólnija udárila v špilʹ, raspolóžennyj na krýše glávnovo kórpusa.Lightning hit the spire on top of the main building.

Declension

Ukrainian

шпиль

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch spil.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃpɪlʲ]
  • (file)

Noun

шпиль • (špylʹ) m inan (genitive шпиля́, nominative plural шпилі́, genitive plural шпилі́в)

  1. spire, steeple
    шпиль це́рквиšpylʹ cérkvychurch spire
  2. (nautical) capstan
    Synonym: кабеста́н m (kabestán)

Declension

References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “шпиль”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 461

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