fitil
Carolinian
Noun
fitil
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فتیل (fitil), from Arabic فَتِيل (fatīl).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fiˈtil/
Noun
fitil n (plural fitiluri)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | fitil | fitilul | fitiluri | fitilurile | |
| genitive-dative | fitil | fitilului | fitiluri | fitilurilor | |
| vocative | fitilule | fitilurilor | |||
Further reading
- “fitil”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish فتیل (fetil, fitil), from Arabic فَتِيل (fatīl).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fiˈtil/
Noun
fitil (definite accusative fitili, plural fitiller)
- wick, candlewick
- Synonym: çirağ
- (medicine) suppository
Declension
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Descendants
- → Russian: фити́ль m (fitílʹ)
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “فتیل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 887
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “fitil”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Volapük
Etymology
fit (“fish”) + -il (“diminutive”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fiˈtil]
Noun
fitil (nominative plural fitils)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fitil | fitils |
| genitive | fitila | fitilas |
| dative | fitile | fitiles |
| accusative | fitili | fitilis |
| vocative 1 | o fitil! | o fitils! |
| predicative 2 | fitilu | fitilus |
1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
Related terms
- fit
- hifit
- jifit