пяльцы

See also: пальцы

Russian

пя́льцы
ткань, натянута на пя́льцы

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]

Noun

пя́льцы (pjálʹcy) f inan pl, m inan pl (genitive пя́лец or пя́льцев, plural only)

  1. embroidery hoop, tambour frame

Declension

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