eye of a needle

English

eye of a needle (plural eyes of needles)

The small gap in a needle, with just enough space for a thread to pass through.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 19:24:
  
  It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

small gap in a needle

Arabic: ثَقْب إِبْرَة‎ m (ṯaqb ʔibra), سَمّ الْخِيَاط‎ m (samm al-ḵiyāṭ)
Catalan: ull (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 针眼／针眼 (zh) (jen.yean)
Danish: nåleøje n
Dutch: oog (nl) n, naaldoog n
Finnish: neulansilmä (fi)
French: chas (fr) m
German: Nadelöhr (de) n
Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌺𐍉 n (þairkō)
Icelandic: nálarauga (is) n
Irish: cró snáthaide m
Italian: cruna (it) f
Japanese: 針の穴 (はりのあな, hari no ana), 針の耳 (はりのみみ, hari no mimi), 針孔 (ja) (みず, mizu), みみず (ja) (mimizu)
Korean: 귀 (ko) (gwi)
Latin: forāmen acūs n
Maori: kō(w)hao ngira
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nåløye (no) n

Nynorsk: nålauge n
Polish: ucho (igielne) (pl) n
Portuguese: olho (pt) m, buraco (pt) m
Russian: иго́льное ушко́ (ru) n (igólʹnoje uškó)
Spanish: ojo (es) m
Swedish: nålsöga (sv) n
Tagalog: butas ng karayom
Turkish: iğne deliği (tr)
Welsh: crau nodwydd m

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