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Костыли́

Etymology

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кость (kostʹ, bone) +‎ -ы́ль (-ýlʹ). Compare Polish kostur, koścień.

For the word formation with suffix -ы́ль (-ýlʹ) compare горбы́ль (gorbýlʹ) from горб (gorb). Also compare моты́ль (motýlʹ), ковы́ль (kovýlʹ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kɐˈstɨlʲ]
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  • Rhymes: -ɨlʲ

Noun

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косты́ль (kostýlʹm inan (genitive костыля́, nominative plural костыли́, genitive plural костыле́й, relational adjective косты́льный)

  1. crutch
  2. (rail transport) rail spike
  3. (aviation) tail skid
  4. (programming slang) kludge, workaround, hack

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “костыль”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “костыль”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 435