пистолет

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pistolet. Morphologically equivalent to the diminutive of obsolete писто́л (pistól) +‎ -ет (-et).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pistoˈlɛt]
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

пистоле́т • (pistolétm (relational adjective пистоле́тен)

  1. pistol, handgun
  2. spraying pistol, sprayer

Declension

Declension of пистоле́т
singular plural
indefinite пистоле́т
pistolét
пистоле́ти
pistoléti
definite
(subject form)
пистоле́тът
pistolétǎt
пистоле́тите
pistolétite
definite
(object form)
пистоле́та
pistoléta
count form пистоле́та
pistoléta

References

  • пистолет”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • пистолет”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French pistolet. Ultimately from Czech píšťala (whistle), from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati (to squeak, whistle), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-. Compare пища́ль (piščálʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pʲɪstɐˈlʲet]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

пистоле́т • (pistolétm inan (genitive пистоле́та, nominative plural пистоле́ты, genitive plural пистоле́тов, relational adjective пистоле́тный, diminutive пистоле́тик)

  1. pistol, handgun
    • 2007, Дельфин [Dolphin], “Нечестно [Nečestno]”, in Юность[1]:
      И ничего́ бо́льше нет.
      Жа́лость к себе́ смешна́.
      В рот пистоле́т.
      Чёрная тишина́.
      I ničevó bólʹše net.
      Žálostʹ k sebé smešná.
      V rot pistolét.
      Čórnaja tišiná.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. spraying pistol, sprayer

Declension

Derived terms

Phrases
  • под ду́лом пистоле́та (pod dúlom pistoléta)
  • хвост пистоле́том (xvost pistolétom)

Descendants

  • Georgian: პისტოლეტი (ṗisṭoleṭi)
  • Ingrian: pistoletti

See also