тетива

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tętiva.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tɛˈtiva]

Noun

тетива • (tetivaf

  1. bowstring
  2. tendon

Declension

Declension of тетива
singular plural
indefinite тетива (tetiva) тетиви (tetivi)
definite unspecified тетивата (tetivata) тетивите (tetivite)
definite proximal тетивава (tetivava) тетививе (tetivive)
definite distal тетивана (tetivana) тетивине (tetivine)
vocative тетиво (tetivo) тетиви (tetivi)

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic тѧтива (tętiva), from Proto-Slavic *tętiva. A rare example when ѧ in the root becomes unstressed in the inherited term (and thus becomes е, not я, compare лека́ло (lekálo)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tʲɪtʲɪˈva]

Noun

тетива́ • (tetiváf inan (genitive тетивы́, nominative plural тетивы́, genitive plural тети́в, relational adjective тетивно́й)

  1. bowstring

Declension

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тетива”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tętiva. Parallel with Slovene tetiva. Cognate with Polish ścięgno << Proto-Indo-European *ten- (whence also Ancient Greek τένων (ténōn), whence Latin tendō, whence English tendon).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tětiʋa/
  • Hyphenation: те‧ти‧ва

Noun

тѐтива f (Latin spelling tètiva)

  1. sinew, tendon
  2. string (of a bow)
  3. (geometry) chord

Declension

Declension of тетива
singular plural
nominative тетива тетиве
genitive тетиве тетива
dative тетиви тетивама
accusative тетиву тетиве
vocative тетиво тетиве
locative тетиви тетивама
instrumental тетивом тетивама

Further reading

  • тетива”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025