вензель

Borrowed from Polish węzeł, from Proto-Slavic *ǫzlъ. Doublet of у́зел (úzel), the inherited East Slavic form.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvʲen⁽ʲ⁾zʲɪlʲ]

ве́нзель • (vénzelʹ) m inan (genitive ве́нзеля, nominative plural вензеля́, genitive plural вензеле́й)

1. cipher, device, monogram (intricately interwoven initials)

   писа́ть/выпи́сывать вензеля́

   pisátʹ/vypísyvatʹ venzeljá

   to cut figures/capers; to stagger/weave/reel along (of a drunken person)

Borrowed from Polish węzeł, from Proto-Slavic *ǫzlъ, with -ь (-ʹ). Doublet of ву́зол (vúzol).

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋɛnzelʲ]

ве́нзель • (vénzelʹ) m inan (genitive ве́нзеля, nominative plural ве́нзелі, genitive plural ве́нзелів)

1. cipher (combination of interwoven initials)

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “вензель”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “вензель”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)