селітра

Ukrainian

Alternative forms

• салі́тра (salítra) — 1928-1933 spelling

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian селитра (selitra) (since 1565, whence also Middle Russian селитра (selitra) and Russian селитра (selitra)), from earlier салитра (salitra) (att. in 1517 in Skaryna's Proverbs). Further origin unclear but akin to Middle Polish saletra (whence Old Ruthenian салетра (saletra) and Belarusian салетра (saljetra)), Old Polish sanletra, Old Czech salnitr, sanitr, sanytr, Bavarian Salitter, Middle High German saliter, salniter, Serbo-Croatian са̀литра, Spanish salitre, Catalan salnitre, Latin sal nitrum (which is from sal and nitrum, see there for further etymology).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [seˈlʲitrɐ]

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• Hyphenation: се‧лі‧тра

Noun

селі́тра • (selítra) f inan (genitive селі́три, uncountable)

1. (chemistry) saltpetre (potassium nitrate, sodium nitrate)

Declension

Declension of селі́тра (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	селі́тра selítra
genitive	селі́три selítry
dative	селі́трі selítri
accusative	селі́тру selítru
instrumental	селі́трою selítroju
locative	селі́трі selítri
vocative	селі́тро selítro

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “селітра”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “селітра”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “селітра”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “селітра”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “селітра”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)