цель

Russian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡sɛlʲ]
  • (file)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Polish cel (“aim, goal”), in turn from Middle High German zil (whence German Ziel); compare Bulgarian цел (cel).

Noun

цель • (celʹ) f inan (genitive це́ли, nominative plural це́ли, genitive plural це́лей, related adjective целево́й)

  1. goal, target, aim, end, object
    не попада́ть/попа́сть в цель ― ne popadátʹ/popástʹ v celʹ ― to miss (one's aim)
  2. purpose
  3. destination (of traveller)
Declension
Descendants
  • → Yakut: сыал (sıal)

Verb

цель • (celʹ)

  1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of це́лить (célitʹ)
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