пяльцы
See also: пальцы
Russian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From пя́лить (pjálitʹ, “to stretch tight, tauten”) + -цы (-cy), a back-formation from пя́ло (pjálo, “frame onto which leather is stretched”), from Proto-Slavic *pędlo, from *pęti (“to stretch”) + *-dlo.
Compare Ukrainian п'я́льці (pʺjálʹci), п'я́льця (pʺjálʹcja).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
пя́льцы • (pjálʹcy) f inan pl or m inan pl (genitive пя́лец or пя́льцев, plural only)