рель

Russian

Alternative forms

• рѣль (rělʹ), риль (rilʹ) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Unknown. Cognate to Ukrainian ре́лі (réli, “swing”). Lithuanian rėklės f pl (“trapdoor; rod scaffolding for drying; Söller, مِحراب”), rėklai m pl (“garret, Lucht”), Old Prussian riklis (glossed as Middle Low German suller), may point to a Baltic term, otherwise connected with Dutch rek and ra. A Germanic cognate of German Riegel or English reel may also have been borrowed through some kind of specialist exchange.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rʲelʲ]

Noun

рель • (relʹ) f inan (genitive ре́ли, nominative plural ре́ли, genitive plural ре́лей) (dated village dialect)

1. floodmeadow, floodplain
2. (in the plural) ridge, crest
3. (in the plural) sawhorse, trestle
4. (in the plural) groyne
5. (in the plural) chicken ladder
6. (in the plural) swing, a hanging seat for children’s play
7. (in the plural or singular) gallows

Declension

Declension of рель (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ре́ль rélʹ	ре́ли réli
genitive	ре́ли réli	ре́лей rélej
dative	ре́ли réli	ре́лям réljam
accusative	ре́ль rélʹ	ре́ли réli
instrumental	ре́лью rélʹju	ре́лями réljami
prepositional	ре́ли réli	ре́лях réljax
locative	на рели́ na relí

Pre-reform declension of рель (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ре́ль rélʹ	ре́ли réli
genitive	ре́ли réli	ре́лей rélej
dative	ре́ли réli	ре́лямъ réljam
accusative	ре́ль rélʹ	ре́ли réli
instrumental	ре́лью rélʹju	ре́лями réljami
prepositional	ре́ли réli	ре́ляхъ réljax
locative	на рели́ na relí

References

• Bogatova, G. A., editor (1997), “рель”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.]‎^[1] (in Russian), numbers 22 (раскидатися – рященко), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 141
• Preobrazhensky, A. G. (1914–1916) “рель”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2 (П – С), numbers 10–14, Moscow: G. Lissner & D. Sobko Publishing House, page 196
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “рель”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Zubatý, Josef (1894) “Slavische Etymologien”, in Archiv für slavische Philologie (in German), volume 16, Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, page 409 Nr. 47