таль

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• IPA^(key): [talʲ]

таль • (talʹ) m inan (genitive та́ля, nominative plural та́ли, genitive plural та́лей)

1. (engineering) chain hoist, chain block, pulley block, hoisting tackle
2. (nautical) block and tackle

From Old East Slavic таль (talĭ, “hostage”). Cognate with Ukrainian таль (talʹ), Serbo-Croatian талац (“hostage”), Slovene talec.

• IPA^(key): [talʲ]

таль • (talʹ) m anim (genitive та́ля, nominative plural та́ли, genitive plural та́лей)

1. hostage

• Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “таль”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress