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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [t͡sɛlʲ]
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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Polish cel (aim, goal), in turn from Middle High German zil (whence German Ziel); compare Bulgarian цел (cel).

Noun

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цель (celʹf inan (genitive це́ли, nominative plural це́ли, genitive plural це́лей, relational adjective целево́й)

  1. goal, target, aim, end, object
    не попада́ть/попа́сть в цельne popadátʹ/popástʹ v celʹto miss (one's aim)
  2. purpose
  3. destination (of traveller)
Declension
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Yakut: сыал (sıal)

References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “цель”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “цель”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 365

Etymology 2

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Verb

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цель (celʹ)

  1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of це́лить (célitʹ)