ефір
Ukrainian edit
Alternative forms edit
- ете́р (etér)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “upper air”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ефі́р • (efír) m inan (genitive ефі́ру, nominative plural ефі́ри, genitive plural ефі́рів, relational adjective ефі́рний)
- ether (organic chemistry: a compound containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups)
- (uncountable, literary or poetic) ether (The substance formerly supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere; by extension the sky, the heavens; the void, nothingness).
- (historical, physics) luminiferous aether, aether
- (alchemy) ether
- (broadcasting) air, ether
- в ефі́рі ― v efíri ― on air
- прями́й ефі́р ― prjamýj efír ― live broadcast (literally, “direct ether”)
Declension edit
Declension of ефі́р (inan hard masc-form accent-a)
Related terms edit
- прями́й ефі́р (prjamýj efír)